An introduction to the works of Peter Weiss /

The plays and prose works of the German writer, director, and political activist Peter Weiss (1916-1982) were immensely influential in the shaping of European Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century. Combining exploratory aesthetic openness with an uncompromising ethical drive, Weiss&#...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berwald, Olaf
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, ©2003.
Colección:Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
Temas:
Weiss, Peter, > 1916-1982 > Criticism and interpretation.
Weiss, Peter, > 1916-1982 > Critique et interprétation.
Weiss, Peter, > 1916-1982
DRAMA > Continental European.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > German.
Letterkunde.
Duits.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Subversive slapstick: the early plays Der Turm, Die Versicherung, Nacht mit Gästen, and Mockinpott
  • 2. The choreography of documents: Die Ermittlung, Gesang vom Lusitanischen Popanz, and Viet Nam Diskurs
  • 3. Staging writers as outcasts: Marat/Sade, Trotzki im Exil, Hölderlin, Der Prozess, and Der neue Prozess
  • 4. Scenarios of stagnation: early prose
  • 5. Autobiography and fiction: Abschied von den Eltern, Fluchtpunkt, and Rekonvaleszenz
  • 6. Poetics and politics: essays, open letters, and fragments
  • 7. Perception as resistance: Die Ästhetik des Widerstands
  • Works consulted.

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