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Brecht and the Bible: A Study of Religious Nihilism and Human Weakness in Brecht's Drama of Morality and the City

Brecht and the Bible: A Study of Religious Nihilism and Human Weakness in Brecht's Drama of Morality and the City

Murphy, G. Ronald, S. J.

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Series: University of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages a, Book 96

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ISBN10: 1469656744
ISBN13: 9781469656748
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: May 1 2020
Pages: 122
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This study identifies the underlying patterns of persistent biblical allusion in the work of renowned playwright Bertolt Brecht. Rather than reducing Brecht's use of the Bible to the purely satirical, the author interprets the full dramatic function of Brecht's complex use of scripture. Using examples from plays written throughout the span of Brecht's career, Murphy shows how Brecht invokes the stories of Old Testament figures such as Job and Isaiah as well as the crucifixion accounts of the New Testament in order to build sympathetic characters and explore his more political themes.

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