Format:
XI, 242 S.
Edition:
1. Arcade pbk. ed.
ISBN:
1559704020
Content:
Everyone knows that Bertolt Brecht was one of the great twentieth century innovators in theater - the literary-theatrical equivalent of a Picasso or Stravinsky - 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
Content:
In this volume, reprinted for the Brecht centenary, the joint editors of Brecht's work in English have collected the complete short stories, including the prize-winning "The Monster," and the fragmentary memoir ghost-written by Brecht, "Life Story of the Boxer Samson-Korner." Brecht scholars Marc Silberman and Shuhsi Kao have contributed a new introduction and brought the original editorial notes up to date with the latest scholarship
Language:
English
Author information:
Kapp, Yvonne 1903-1999
Author information:
Manheim, Ralph 1907-1992
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Brecht, Bertolt 1898-1956
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Willett, John 1917-2002
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Rorrison, Hugh