Fear and Misery of the Third ReichBloomsbury Publishing, 17.11.2016 - 224 Seiten Brecht's series of twenty-four interconnected playlets describe events which took place in ordinary German households in the 1930s. They dramatise with clinical precision the suspicion and anxiety experienced by ordinary people, particularly Jewish citizens, as the power of Hitler grew. Written in exile in Denmark and first staged in 1938 it was inspired in part by his recent trip to Moscow where he had been researching tasks for the anti-Nazi effort. This Student Edition features an extensive introduction and commentary and includes: a chronology of the Brecht's life and work; a synopsis of each playlet; an introduction to the context of the play; commentary on themes, characters, style and language; a review of the play in performance; notes on individual words and phrases in the text, and questions for further study. |
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Seite viii
... Marxism under dissident Communist Karl Korsch. Hitler is defeated by President Hindenburg in two presidential elections in March and April. In the July Reichstag elections, the Nazis poll 37.4%, making them the largest party in Germany ...
... Marxism under dissident Communist Karl Korsch. Hitler is defeated by President Hindenburg in two presidential elections in March and April. In the July Reichstag elections, the Nazis poll 37.4%, making them the largest party in Germany ...
Seite ix
... Marxist version of The Threepenny Opera. Redrafts, with Hanns Eisler and Margarete Steffin, Round Heads and Pointed Heads or Empires of a Feather Flock Together. An atrocity fairy tale. Walter Benjamin stays with Brecht. Visits London ...
... Marxist version of The Threepenny Opera. Redrafts, with Hanns Eisler and Margarete Steffin, Round Heads and Pointed Heads or Empires of a Feather Flock Together. An atrocity fairy tale. Walter Benjamin stays with Brecht. Visits London ...
Seite xiv
... Marxist. The decline of that world-view and the defeat of Communism in Europe, at least for the time being, have once again made it easy to dismiss Brecht's contribution, as only of 'historical' significance. Yet if there is one thing ...
... Marxist. The decline of that world-view and the defeat of Communism in Europe, at least for the time being, have once again made it easy to dismiss Brecht's contribution, as only of 'historical' significance. Yet if there is one thing ...
Seite xv
... Marxist, history is a tool in the struggle. As we shall see, Brecht even equated 'historicisation' with his most famous theoretical term Verfremdung (usually translated as 'alienation') – this was a technique which was supposed to help ...
... Marxist, history is a tool in the struggle. As we shall see, Brecht even equated 'historicisation' with his most famous theoretical term Verfremdung (usually translated as 'alienation') – this was a technique which was supposed to help ...
Seite xvii
... Marxist contemporaries, most notably with the critic, commentator and philosopher Walter Benjamin, who became a good friend. It was not, however, the simple 'conversion' to Marxism that he himself would sometimes laconically describe ...
... Marxist contemporaries, most notably with the critic, commentator and philosopher Walter Benjamin, who became a good friend. It was not, however, the simple 'conversion' to Marxism that he himself would sometimes laconically describe ...
Inhalt
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Further Reading | lxvi |
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich | 1 |
Additional Texts by Brecht | 93 |
Notes | 97 |
Questions for Further Study | 119 |
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Student Editions | 123 |
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Modern Plays | 125 |
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Contemporary Dramatists | 127 |
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama World Classics | 129 |
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Classical Greek Dramatists | 131 |
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