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Edinburgh German Yearbook 5: Brecht and the GDR: Politics, Culture, Posterity
Laura Bradley (Ed.)
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Description for Edinburgh German Yearbook 5: Brecht and the GDR: Politics, Culture, Posterity
Hardcover. Brecht and the GDR: Politics, Culture, Posterity. Series: Edinburgh German Yearbook. 250 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Bradley, Laura; Leeder, Karen. Brecht's activities in the GDR, the regime's marginalizing response and posthumous appropriation of his legacy, and creative responses in the GDR and after. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSB; GBCY; JFC. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight: 526.
Brecht's activities in the GDR, the regime's marginalizing response and posthumous appropriation of his legacy, and creative responses in the GDR and after. The avant-garde writer and director Bertolt Brecht left the West for good in 1949, returning to East Berlin and founding the Berliner Ensemble. While he quickly became identified internationally as the cultural figurehead of the young socialist state, his relationship with the authorities was always complex, and he was increasingly marginalized by restrictive and authoritarian structures of power. It was only after his death that the regime sought to elevate him as a socialist classic - ... Read more
Brecht's activities in the GDR, the regime's marginalizing response and posthumous appropriation of his legacy, and creative responses in the GDR and after. The avant-garde writer and director Bertolt Brecht left the West for good in 1949, returning to East Berlin and founding the Berliner Ensemble. While he quickly became identified internationally as the cultural figurehead of the young socialist state, his relationship with the authorities was always complex, and he was increasingly marginalized by restrictive and authoritarian structures of power. It was only after his death that the regime sought to elevate him as a socialist classic - ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Camden House
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Columbia, MD, United States
ISBN
9781571134929
SKU
V9781571134929
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Reviews for Edinburgh German Yearbook 5: Brecht and the GDR: Politics, Culture, Posterity
Bradley and Leeder have done an admirable job of organizing the essays into a comprehensive and cohesive overview of Brecht's life and legacy in East Germany. . . . [T]his work makes a compelling case for the lasting importance of Brecht's contributions to German culture, not only during the prime of his career, but in its sometimes ambiguous twilight as ... Read more