An introduction to the works of Peter Weiss

The plays and prose works of the German writer, director, and political activist Peter Weiss (1916-1982) were immensely influential in the shaping of European Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century. Combining exploratory aesthetic openness with an uncompromising ethical drive, Weiss&#...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Berwald, Olaf, autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer 2003.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b4205672x*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Subversive slapstick: the early plays Der Turm, Die Versicherung, Nacht mit Gästen, and Mockinpott
  • 2. The choreography of documents: Die Ermittlung, Gesang vom Lusitanischen Popanz, and Viet Nam Diskurs
  • 3. Staging writers as outcasts: Marat/Sade, Trotzki im Exil, Hölderlin, Der Prozess, and Der neue Prozess
  • 4. Scenarios of stagnation: early prose
  • 5. Autobiography and fiction: Abschied von den Eltern, Fluchtpunkt, and Rekonvaleszenz
  • 6. Poetics and politics: essays, open letters, and fragments
  • 7. Perception as resistance: Die Ästhetik des Widerstands
  • Works consulted.