An introduction to the works of Peter Weiss / Olaf Berwald.
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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Camden House,
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Table of Contents:
- 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.