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Bertolt Brecht: A Literary Life

Bertolt Brecht: A Literary Life

Parker, Stephen

Paperback

Entertainment & Performing ArtsLiterary Criticism

ISBN10: 1474240003
ISBN13: 9781474240000
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: Dec 17 2015
Pages: 704
Weight: 2.40
Height: 1.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

This first English language biography of Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) in two decades paints a strikingly new picture of one of the twentieth century's most controversial cultural icons. First published in 2014 and now available in paperback, it was critically lauded and declared the definitive life of this great artist and writer.

Drawing on letters, diaries and unpublished material, including Brecht's medical records, Parker offers a rich and enthralling account of Brecht's life and work, viewed through the prism of the artist. Tracing his extraordinary life, from his formative years in Augsburg, through the First World War, his politicisation during the Weimar Republic and his years of exile, up to the Berliner Ensemble's dazzling productions in Paris and London, Parker shows how Brecht achieved his transformative effect upon world theatre and poetry.

Bertolt Brecht: A Literary Life is a powerful portrait of a great, compulsively contradictory personality, whose artistry left its lasting imprint on modern culture.

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