First published in 1988, this books argues with received accounts to reclaim Brecht’s emphasis on his self-described ‘dialectical theatre’, re-examining firstly the concepts of Gestus and Verfremdung and their realisation in Brecht’s poetry in terms of his attempt to consciously apply the methods of dialectical materialism to art and cultural practice. The author also takes issue with the customary view of Brecht’s career and politics which sees him as compromising either with Communist party dogma or bourgeois aesthetics, to find developing parallels between Brecht’s political and artistic though and the critical dialectics of Marx, Lenin and Mao. This development is examined in later chapters in relation to the early and late plays, The Measures Taken and Days of the Commune as well as in relation to Brecht’s changed circumstances in the years of war-time exile and in post-war East Germany.
| ISBN: | 9781138245129 |
| Publication date: | 11th January 2017 |
| Author: | Peter University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Brooker |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 272 pages |
| Genres: |
The arts: general topics Theatre studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Poetry Literary theory Far-left political ideologies and movements Social and political philosophy |
First published in 1988, this books argues with received accounts to reclaim Brecht’s emphasis on his self-described ‘dialectical theatre’, re-examining firstly the concepts of Gestus and Verfremdung and their realisation in Brecht’s poetry in terms of his attempt to consciously apply the methods of dialectical materialism to art and cultural practice. The author also takes issue with the customary view of Brecht’s career and politics which sees him as compromising either with Communist party dogma or bourgeois aesthetics, to find developing parallels between Brecht’s political and artistic though and the critical dialectics of Marx, Lenin and Mao. This development is examined in later chapters in relation to the early and late plays, The Measures Taken and Days of the Commune as well as in relation to Brecht’s changed circumstances in the years of war-time exile and in post-war East Germany.
Routledge Revivals: Bertolt Brecht: Dialectics, Poetry, Politics (1988) features in the following genres: The arts: general topics, Theatre studies, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Poetry, Literary theory, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Social and political philosophy
Routledge Revivals: Bertolt Brecht: Dialectics, Poetry, Politics (1988) is available in Hardback
Routledge Revivals: Bertolt Brecht: Dialectics, Poetry, Politics (1988) was written by Peter University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Brooker and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Routledge Revivals: Bertolt Brecht: Dialectics, Poetry, Politics (1988) has 272 pages
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