Brecht's Poetry of Political Exile |
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| Editor:
| Speirs, Ronald |
| Contribution by:
| Nisbet, H. B.
Swales, Martin
Ziolkowski, Theodore J. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in German Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-78215-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2000 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $155.95 |
Book Description:
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Bertolt Brecht was one of the most influential European playwrights of the twentieth century and a poet of distinction. In this volume, contributors analyse Brecht's Svendborg Poems critically and historically, discussing it in relation to questions of poetics, political commitment, exile, and the scope and limitations of political poetry.
Bertolt Brecht was one of the most influential European playwrights of the twentieth century and a poet of distinction. In this volume, contributors analyse Brecht's Svendborg Poems critically and historically, discussing it in relation to questions of poetics, political commitment, exile, and the scope and limitations of political poetry.