Hauptmann: Bahnwärter Thiel Contributor(s): Hauptmann, Gerhart (Author), Horrocks, David, Rock, David |
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ISBN: 1853993123 ISBN-13: 9781853993121 Publisher: Bristol Classical Press OUR PRICE: $30.64 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1998 Annotation: In "The Rats," an ex-theatre director accuses his daughter's fiance a student and would-be actor, of undermining the fabric of society and the Prussian state with unconventional views, like a plague of rats. Also includes "The Weavers," which is based on an account of the weaver's revolt of 1844, as told to Hauptmann by his father. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - General - Foreign Language Study | German - Performing Arts | Theater - Playwriting |
Dewey: 832 |
Series: German Texts |
Physical Information: 0.24" H x 5.82" W x 7.82" (0.30 lbs) 96 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Bahnw rter Thiel (1988), by far the best story ever written by Gerhart Hauptmann, follows the principles of the Naturalist movement in its detailed study of the life and milieu of a humble and apparently unexceptional Prussian railwayman. Yet in its exploitation of symbolism, of techniques sometimes close to Impressionism, and in its subtle use of a changing narrative perspective, this Novelle goes beyond the essentially 'scientific' Naturalist approach: Hauptmann thus succeeds in exploring the complex interaction of suppressed social, psychological, physiological, and religious impulses far better than in any other work of this era. This new edition has been prepared withthe changing needs of the today's learners and students of German in mind. The late S.D. Stirk's scholarly edition of 1952, which also included Fasching, has seen sterling service, and we are greatly indebted to it. However, by concentrating on just one story, we have been able to offer more linguistic help in the notes and vocabulary, as well as devoting considerably more space in the introduction to detailed comments on characterisation and technique. References to other works and to other periods of Hauptmann's long career as a writer have been kept to a minimum. |