The New Trial

List of contents

Preface

Introduction: The Theater of Peter Weiss / James Rolleston and Kai Evers
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Chronology

The New Trial
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The Kafka Connection

Peter Weiss on The New Trial
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A Conversation between Peter Weiss, Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss, and

Anita Brundahl
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Peter Weiss on Dramatic Style
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Peter Weiss on Some Roles in The New Trial
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Jody McAuliffe: Reflections on a Director’s Process

About the author

Peter Weiss (1916–1982) was a German playwriter, dramatist, visual artist, filmmaker, and novelist. His works include Marat/Sade, The Shadow of the Coachman’s Body, The Aesthetics of Resistance, The Conversation of the Three Walkers, Trotsky in Exile, and Bodies and Shadows: Two Short Novels. His documentary drama The Investigation, which recreates the trial of Auschwitz concentration camp guards, was produced on American television in the 1960s. West Germany’s most important literary prize, the Georg Büchner Prize, was awarded to Weiss only after his death in 1982.

James Rolleston is Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures at Duke University. His previous books include Narratives of Ecstacy: Romantic Temporality in Modern German Poetry and Kafka’s Narrative Theater. Kai Evers is an advanced graduate student in the German Department at Duke University who presently lives in Woodland Hills, California.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Weiss
• Assisted by: Kai Evers (Translation), James Rolleston (Translation)
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2001
• EAN: 9780822326908
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2690-8
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 215 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 372 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Europa, DRAMA / European / General, Plays / Drama