Mother Courage and Her Children: Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
Mother Courage and Her Children is widely regarded as Brecht's best work, a theatrical landmark and one of the most powerful anti-war plays in history. This unique bilingual edition allows students to compare the original German text with a translation by one of the world's leading playwrights,...
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Mother Courage and Her Children is widely regarded as Brecht's best work, a theatrical landmark and one of the most powerful anti-war plays in history. This unique bilingual edition allows students to compare the original German text with a translation by one of the world's leading playwrights, Tony Kushner. In this play, a chronicle of the Thirty Years War, Mother Courage follows the armies back and forth across Europe, selling provisions and liquor from her canteen wagon. One by one she loses her children to the war but will not part with her livelihood - the wagon. The Berlin production of 1949, with Helene Weigel as Mother Courage, marked the foundation of the Berliner Ensemble. The English translation by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner is inventive and vigorous, making Brecht's epic drama accessible to the 21st century reader. Contemporary language and humor make it the perfect English version to elucidate and compare with the original text. This edition also includes a critical introduction and commentary notes on particular words and phrases.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781408111512 (1408111519)
Publish date: March 15th 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
War,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
German Literature,
Germany
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Breht je kao teoretičar/pobornik (angažovane) književnosti svetu zamerio nenalaženje vremena za izvođenje njegovih drama, određujući kao krivca nepromišljenost državnika: Pisci ne mogu da pišu onoliko brzo koliko brzo vlade mogu da zapodevaju ratove: jer pisanje zahteva razmišljanje. Ova zajedljivos...