Main entry:

Glahn, Philip.

Title & Author:

Bertolt Brecht.

Publication:

London : Reaktion Books, 2014.
©2014

Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Series:

RB-Critical Lives

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Cover; Bertolt Brecht; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; 1. Poet of Crisis, 1898-1923; 2. 'Mehr guten Sport': Brecht in Berlin, 1924-8; 3. Work, Class and the Struggle with Marxism, 1929-33; 4. Early Exile: 'Singing about Dark Times', 1933-41; 5. U.S. Exile: The Dialectics of Alienation and 'Culinary' Art, 1941-7; 6. Realpolitik: Theatre of Socialism, 1947-56; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements.

Summary:

A playwright, poet, and activist, Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) was known for his theory of the epic theater and his attempts to break down the division between high art and popular culture. He was also a committed Marxist who lived through two world wars and a global depression. Looking at Brecht's life and works through his plays, stories, poems, and political essays, Philip Glahn illustrates how they trace a lifelong attempt to relate to the specific social, economic, and political circumstances of the early twentieth century. Glahn reveals how Brecht upended the language and gest.

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ISBN:

9781780233017 (electronic bk.)
1780233019 (electronic bk.)
1306839076 (ebk)
9781306839075 (ebk)
9781780232621
1780232624

Subject:

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
DRAMA Continental European.

Form/genre:

Electronic books.
Biographies.

Added entries:

RB-Critical Lives.