Brecht in Context - Willett, John

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Résumé :
New edition, revised for the centenary of Brecht's birth, containing additional updated material



In this classic study, John Willett sets in context not only Brecht the theatre practitioner but Brecht the writer and man of his time. Through chapters on Brecht's relationships and attitudes to contemporary politics, English and American literature, Expressionism, music, art and cinema, as well as to such figures as Auden, Kipling and Piscator, the book presents a detailed and wide-ranging account of one of the most significant men of this century.
An outstanding introduction to its subject. . . will immeasurably enrich Brechtians young and old, especially those who think they know it all (Times Educational Supplement)...

Biographie:
John Willett (1917-2002) was the greatest English language authority on Brecht the writer and man of the theatre. The foremost translator and editor of Brecht's drama, poetry, letters, diaries, theatrical essays and fiction, Willett produced a dozen volumes for Methuen Drama on the greatest modern German writer....

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New edition, revised for the centenary of Brecht's birth, containing additional updated material



In this classic study, John Willett sets in context not only Brecht the theatre practitioner but Brecht the writer and man of his time. Through chapters on Brecht's relationships and attitudes to contemporary politics, English and American literature, Expressionism, music, art and cinema, as well as to such figures as Auden, Kipling and Piscator, the book presents a detailed and wide-ranging account of one of the most significant men of this century.
An outstanding introduction to its subject. . . will immeasurably enrich Brechtians young and old, especially those who think they know it all (Times Educational Supplement)...