| Description |
xviii, 430 pages ; 24 cm |
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Introduction / Siegfried Mews -- Pt. I. Theory and Practice of the Theater. 1. Alienation in Context: On the Theory and Practice of Brechtian Theater / Reinhold Grimm. 2. Brecht and the Problem of Influence / Christine Kiebuzinska. 3. Brecht's Lehrstucke: A Laboratory for Epic and Dialectic Theater / Karl-Heinz Schoeps. 4. First Comes the Belly, then Morality / Herbert Knust -- Pt. II. Poetry and Prose Fiction. 5. Poetry, History, and Communication / Christiane Bohnert. 6. War-Poetry, Photo(epi)grammetry: Brecht's Kriegsfibel / Stefan Soldovieri. 7. Dialectics and Reader Response: Bertolt Brecht's Prose Cycles / Sabine Gross -- Pt. III. Film and Music. 8. Brecht and Film / Marc Silberman. 9. Brecht, New Waves, and Political Modernism in Cinema / Barton Byg. 10. Brecht contra Wagner: The Evolution of the Epic Music Theater / Vera Stegmann. 11. Brecht and His Musical Collaborators / Thomas R. Nadar -- Pt. IV. Marxism and Feminism. 12. Brecht's Marxist Aesthetic / Douglas Kellner |
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13. The Evolution of the Feminine Principle in Brecht's Work: An Overview / Laureen Nussbaum -- Pt. V. Translation, Reception, and Appropriation. 14. Negotiating Meanings: Thoughts on Brecht and Translation / Michael Morley. 15. Brecht and the American Theater / Carl Weber. 16. Brecht in Latin America: Theater Bearing Witness / Marina Pianca. 17. Brecht in Asia: New Agendas, National Traditions, and Critical Consciousness / Michael Bodden -- Annotated Bibliography / Siegfried Mews |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-404) and indexes |
| Subject |
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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German drama -- 20th century -- History.
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Theater -- Political aspects -- Germany.
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| Author |
Mews, Siegfried.
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| LC no. |
95044785 |
| ISBN |
0313292663 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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