Mother Courage and Her Children (Penguin Classics)
Mother Courage and Her Children is a classic in the repertory of Western theater. Written in response to the outbreak of World War II, this "chronicle play" of the Thirty Years War follows one of Brecht's most enduring characters, Courage, as she trails the armies across Europe, selling...
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Mother Courage and Her Children is a classic in the repertory of Western theater. Written in response to the outbreak of World War II, this "chronicle play" of the Thirty Years War follows one of Brecht's most enduring characters, Courage, as she trails the armies across Europe, selling provisions from her canteen wagon. However, Courage pays the highest price of all. One by one, her children are devoured by violence, but she will not give up her livelihood-the wagon and the war.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143105282 (0143105280)
ASIN: 143105280
Publish date: December 18th 2007
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
War,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
German Literature,
Germany
bookshelves: autumn-2014, war, historical-fiction, play-dramatisation, published-1939, classic, filthy-lucre, religion, roman-catholic, protestant, music, radio-4 Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura Read from May 02 to November 20, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nczz2Description: Mother...
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...
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 by Bertolt Brecht, Norman Roessler, John Willett, Ralph Manheim, now listed on BookLikes)