The Aesthetics of Resistance - Complete Three Volume Set

Originally published in German and appearing here in English for the first time, Peter Weiss’s three-volume novel The Aesthetics of Resistance depicts anti-fascist resistance, radical proletarian political movements, and the relationship between art and resistance from the late 1930s to the end of World War II.

About the author

Peter Weiss (1916–1982) was a German playwright, novelist, filmmaker, and painter. His works include the plays The New Trial, also published by Duke University Press, and Marat/Sade, and the novels The Shadow of the Body of the Coachman and The Conversation of the Three Walkers. He received West Germany’s most important literary award, the Georg Büchner Prize, posthumously in 1982.

Volume I was translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Volumes II and III were translated by Joel Scott.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Weiss
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2025
• EAN: 9781478029915
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-2991-5
• No. of pages: 1016
• Weight: 445 g
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature