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1 Online-Ressource
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Also published in print
ISBN:
9781472592934
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9781472577535
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1472577531
Uniform Title:
Short stories Selections
Content:
"Everyone knows that Bertolt Brecht was one of the great 20th-century innovators in theatre - the literary-theatrical equivalent of a Picasso or Stravinsky - and Germany's greatest poet of the last century, but the playwright was also a dazzling writer of stories. Storytelling permeated his art as a dramatist; fundamentally in his plays he was a storyteller. This volume collects the complete short stories written by Brecht, including the prize-winning 'The Monster', and the fragmentary memoir ghost-written by Brecht, 'Life Story of the boxer Samson-Kørner'. Brecht scholar Marc Silberman provides an introduction and editorial notes. Fans of Brecht will find in the 37 stories assembled here the same directness, lack of affectation, and wry humour that characterise his plays. Every lover of short stories will discover an unexpected trove of pleasure in this "mine for short-story addicts" ( Observer )."--
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction -- The Bavarian Stories (1920-1924) -- Barvan gives up -- Story on a Ship -- The Revelation -- The Foolish Wife -- The Blind Man -- A Helping Hand -- Java Meier -- The Lance-Sergeant -- Message in a Bottle -- A Mean Bastard -- The Death of Cesare Malatesta -- The Berlin Stories (1924-1933) -- The Answer -- Before the Flood -- Conversation about the South Seas -- Letter about a Mastiff -- Hook to the Chin -- Müller's Natural Attitude -- North Sea Shrimps -- Bad Water -- A Little Tale of Insurance -- Four Men and a Poker Game -- Barbara -- The Good Lord's Package -- The Monster -- The Job -- Stories Written in Exile (1934-1948) -- Safety First -- The Soldier of La Ciotat -- A Mistake -- Gaumer and Irk -- Socrates Wounded -- The Experiment -- The Heretic's Coat -- Lucullus's Trophies -- The Unseemly Old Lady -- A Question of Taste -- The Augsburg Chalk Circle -- Two Sons -- Appendix -- Life Story of the Boxer Samson-Kørner -- Editorial Notes -- The Principle Collections of Brecht's Short Stories -- Notes on the Individual Stories -- Index of Titles in German.
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Also published in print
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472578204
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472577511
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1472578201
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1472577515
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 Bertolt Brecht London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015 ISBN 1472578201
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472578204
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5040/9781472592934
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