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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... there is his allegiance to Communism. Although Brecht was never a member of the Party, it was clear that, from the age of about thirty, he was a dissident but committed Marxist. The decline of that world-view and the defeat of Communism ...
... there is his allegiance to Communism. Although Brecht was never a member of the Party, it was clear that, from the age of about thirty, he was a dissident but committed Marxist. The decline of that world-view and the defeat of Communism ...
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... there was a shift. Brecht became more and more conscientiously determined not to fulfil the expectations of his upbringing. Like many of his generation, he began to oppose the war, as a stupid gesture by the old bourgeois order of the ...
... there was a shift. Brecht became more and more conscientiously determined not to fulfil the expectations of his upbringing. Like many of his generation, he began to oppose the war, as a stupid gesture by the old bourgeois order of the ...
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... there was injustice only, and no rebellion.1 In 1943, listing all the plays he had completed over the previous ten years, Brecht was able to comment ruefully, 'not a bad repertoire for a defeated class'.2 The return to Europe In 1947 ...
... there was injustice only, and no rebellion.1 In 1943, listing all the plays he had completed over the previous ten years, Brecht was able to comment ruefully, 'not a bad repertoire for a defeated class'.2 The return to Europe In 1947 ...
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... there is some single body of doctrine about a simple set of concerns. There is not. A very large proportion of his writings is about the theatre, but even here his ideas are continually changing and shifting their ground and their ...
... there is some single body of doctrine about a simple set of concerns. There is not. A very large proportion of his writings is about the theatre, but even here his ideas are continually changing and shifting their ground and their ...
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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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