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Die vorliegenden Bande versammeln jene Briefe, die Bertolt Brecht wahrend der Zeit seines Exils (1933-1949) erhielt. Es handelt sich dabei um bisher zum groten Teil unveroffentlichte Briefe (Initial- ebenso wie Antwortbriefe), die komplementar zu Brechts eigenen Briefen, publiziert in der Groen Berliner und Frankfurter Ausgabe, erstmals einen umfassenden Einblick geben in seine Beziehungen zu Freunden, Geliebten, Mitarbeitern, Genossen und Geschaftspartnern. Auch uber Brechts auerst vielfaltige Produktion im Exil gibt die Korrespondenz aus ganz unterschiedlichen Perspektiven...

Die Buchreihe Untersuchungen zur deutschen Literaturgeschichte deckt das gesamte Spektrum der germanistischen Literaturforschung ab und umfasst Monographien und Sammelbande uber einzelne Epochen vom ausgehenden Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Sie versammelt Beitrage zur Erklarung zentraler Begriffe der Literaturgeschichte, zu einzelnen Autoren und Werken.

This volume contains new translations to extend our image of one of the twentieth century's most entertaining and thought provoking writers on culture, aesthetics and politics. Here are a cross-section of Brecht's wide-ranging thoughts which offer us an extraordinary window onto the concerns of a modern world in four decades of economic and political disorder. The book is designed to give wider access to the experience of a dynamic intellect, radically engaged with social, political and...

Anton Chekhov offers a critical introduction to the plays and productions of this canonical playwright, examining the genius of Chekhov's writing, theatrical representation and dramatic philosophy.

Emphasising Chekhov's continued relevance and his mastery of the tragicomic, Rose Whyman provides an insightful assessment of his life and work. All of Chekhov's major dramas are analysed, in addition to his vaudevilles, one-act plays and stories. The works are studied in relation to traditional criticism and more recent theoretical and cultural standpoints, including cultural...

"An impressively complete survey of the play in its cultural, theatrical, historical and political contexts." - David Bradby, co-editor of Contemporary Theatre Review

Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot is not only an indisputably important and influential dramatic text -it is also one of the most significant western cultural landmarks of the twentieth century. Originally written in French, the play first amazed and appalled Parisian theatre-goers and critics before receiving a harshly dismissive initial critical response in Britain in 1955. Its influence since then on...