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Author:

Bentley, Eric, 1916-

Title:

Bentley on Brecht / Eric Bentley.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publisher:

Northwestern University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xv, 513 p., [28] p. of plates : ill., music ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Brecht, Bertolt,--1898-1956--Criticism and interpretation.
Brecht, Bertolt,--1898-1956--Correspondence.
Bentley, Eric,--1916---Correspondence.

Notes:

Contains the texts of: The Brecht commentaries (1987) and The Brecht memoir (1990). Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

The Brecht commentaries -- 1998: Brecht's reputation -- 1943: The trial of Lucullus -- 1944: The private life of the master race -- 1946: From Strindberg to Brecht -- 1950: The stagecraft of Bertolt Brecht -- 1960: Seven plays -- In the swamp -- A man's a man -- Saint Joan of the stockyards -- Galileo -- The good woman of Setzuan -- Mother Courage -- The Caucasian chalk circle -- 1962: A man's a man -- What is a zonk? -- 1963: Baal -- 1964: A new aestheticism -- 1965: Why has Broadway rejected Bertolt Brecht? -- Edward II -- Mother Courage -- 1966: The Caucasian chalk circle (I) -- The Caucasian chalk circle (II) -- Galileo (I) -- 1967: Galileo (II) -- 1969: Ibsen, Shaw, Brecht -- Brecht, Bertolt (1898-1956) -- 1971: Days of the commune -- 1976: The threepenny opera -- 1977: The measures taken -- 1979: The rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny -- 1980: Brecht-Bentley correspondence -- 1986: The influence of Brecht -- 1989: Dramatic poetry was reborn in Germany -- The Brecht memoir -- Bentley-Brecht correspondence.

ISBN:

0810123932 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780810123939 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007043986

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)