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Record Nr.

UNISA996247999203316

Autore

Bennett Benjamin <1939->

Titolo

Modern drama and German classicism : renaissance from Lessing to Brecht / / Benjamin Bennett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, N.Y., : Cornell University Press, 1979

ISBN

0-8014-1189-0

Edizione

[1st print. Cornell pbks.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p. )

Disciplina

832/.6/09

Soggetti

German drama - History and criticism

European drama - History and criticism

German drama - 18th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prinz Friedrich von Homburg: theory in practice -- Lessing and the problem of drama -- Nathan der Weise: breakthrough in practice -- Iphigenie auf Tauris and Goethe's idea of drama -- Egmont and the maelstrom of self -- The importance of being Egmont -- Schiller's theoretical impasse and Maria Stuart -- Breakthrough in theory: the philosophical background of modern drama -- The assault uopn the audience: types of modern drama -- The classic modern: Brecht.