| The Drama of Revolt: A Critical Study of Georg Büchner Revised Edition Contributor(s): Benn, Maurice B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521294150 ISBN-13: 9780521294157 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $64.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1979 Annotation: Georg B??chner is one of the most important dramatists of the nineteenth century, both intrinsically and on account of his enormous influence on the drama of our own time. Professor Benn attempts a comprehensive study of the art and thought of this distinguished writer, emphasising throughout that attitude of revolt which is so characteristic of B??chner. After a brief introduction in which he pinpoints the positive nature of B??chner??'s revolt and establishes links between his thought and that of H??lderlin and Camus, Professor Benn discusses in the first three theoretical chapters B??chner??'s revolutionary political principles, his sceptical and iconoclastic philosophical speculations and his fierce attacks on classical theories in art. He then examines each of B??chner??'s major works - Dantons Tod, Leonce und Lena, Lenz and Woyzeck - analysing the genesis and interpretation of the last in detail. A short concluding chapter summarises the results of the inquiry and assesses the value of the methods used. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Dewey: 832.7 |
| LCCN: 75003974 |
| Series: Anglica Germanica Series 2 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.43" W x 8.52" (0.90 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Georg B chner is one of the most important dramatists of the nineteenth century, both intrinsically and on account of his enormous influence on the drama of our own time. Professor Benn attempts a comprehensive study of the art and thought of this distinguished writer, emphasising throughout that attitude of revolt which is so characteristic of B chner. After a brief introduction in which he pinpoints the positive nature of B chner's revolt and establishes links between his thought and that of H lderlin and Camus, Professor Benn discusses in the first three theoretical chapters B chner's revolutionary political principles, his sceptical and iconoclastic philosophical speculations and his fierce attacks on classical theories in art. He then examines each of B chner's major works - Dantons Tod, Leonce und Lena, Lenz and Woyzeck - analysing the genesis and interpretation of the last in detail. A short concluding chapter summarises the results of the inquiry and assesses the value of the methods used. |