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Essays on German Theater: Lessing, Brecht, Durrenmatt, and Others
Contributor(s): Herzfeld-Sander, Margaret (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0826402976     ISBN-13: 9780826402974
Publisher: Continuum
OUR PRICE: $45.10  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 1985
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Annotation: It is against this background of the theater's high prestige as a forum for ideas, as the summit of the literary arts, as the place where all the arts coalesce in a Wagnerian 'Gesamtkunstwerk' or dialectically oppose and ironize each other in Brechtian epic 'alienation, ' of the drama as a method of thought, of concrete philosophizing, that the astounding wealth of critical and theoretical writings about drama and theater that the German-speaking world has produced over the last two hundred and fifty years must be seen and appreciated.

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BISAC Categories:
- Drama | European - General
- Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism
Dewey: 832.009
LCCN: 85014889
Series: German Library (Paperback)
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.44" W x 8.16" L (0.93 lbs) 320 pages
 
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It is against this background of the theater's high prestige as a forum for ideas, as the summit of the literary arts, as the place where all the arts coalesce in a Wagnerian 'Gesamtkunstwerk' or dialectically oppose and ironize each other in Brechtian epic 'alienation, ' of the drama as a method of thought, of concrete philosophizing, that the astounding wealth of critical and theoretical writings about drama and theater that the German-speaking world has produced over the last two hundred and fifty years must be seen and appreciated.
 
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