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Author:

Kuhns, David F.

Title:

German expressionist theatre : the actor and the stage / David F. Kuhns.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

1997

Description:

x, 311 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Theater--Germany--History--20th century.
Experimental theater--Germany--History--20th century.
German drama--20th century--History and criticism.
Acting.
Expressionism in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-298) and index.

Contents:

Abstraction and empathy: the philosophical background in the socio-economic foreground -- The poetics of Expressionist performance: contemporary models and sources -- Schrei ecstatic performance -- An "Expressionist solution to the problem of theatre": Geist abstraction in performance -- Late Expressionist performance in Berlin: the emblematic mode -- Concluding observations.

ISBN:

9780521583404 (hardback)
0521583403 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)36884282

LCCN:

96046076

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)