| Description |
210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Concord -- The fall of the Amazons -- Wannsee |
| Summary |
"These plays by Eric Bentley - Concord, The Fall of the Amazons, and Wannsee - are variations on plays by Heinrich von Kleist. Concord, which depicts discord in Concord, Massachusetts, around the year 1800, is a variation on The Broken Jug. The Fall of the Amazons, in which the Greek hero Achilles is slain by an Amazon queen, is a variation on the play Penthesilea. Kleist rejected the older version of the story in which Achilles killed her. Kleist's version receives another twist from Bentley. Wannsee, the third play in The Kleist Variations (and also the lake on whose shores Kleist committed suicide), is a variation of Cathy of Heilbronn. The Kleist play rather leaves the impression that "God's in his Heaven, all's right with the world." Bentley juxtaposes the suicide and the play."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Originally published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1990 |
| Subject |
Kleist, Heinrich von, 1777-1811 -- Adaptations.
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| Author |
Kleist, Heinrich von, 1777-1811.
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| LC no. |
2005050883 |
| ISBN |
0810121158 paperback alkaline paper |
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