Collected Plays Volume 5 Part 1: Life of Galileo
ISBN:
9780413390608 (0413390608)
Publish date: 1980
Publisher: Methuen
Pages no: 287
Edition language: English
Category:
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School,
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European Literature,
Cultural,
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Historical Fiction,
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German Literature,
Germany
I didn’t have much time to read since July, because I had to write my bachelor thesis and was forced to deal with a lot of Russian poetry by Natalja Gorbanevskaja – who, by the way, is an amazing poet (and I say this despite the fact that I actually don't like poetry..). If you have the time, check ...
The Foreword to one edition I read of this play (admiringly) calls Brecht's nature "cold, clinical" and tells us he consciously rejected what he called "Aristelian" drama that seeks its audience to feel empathy for the characters. Instead Brecht embraced alienation. He was also famously a Marxist an...
Humorous, satirical interpretation of the saga of Galileo and the Church.
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