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A Life of Galileo
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 12.99Arguably Brecht's greatest play, A Life of Galileo charts the seventeenth century scientist's extraordinary fight with the church over his assertion that the earth orbits the sun. The figure of Galileo, whose heretical discoveries about the solar system brought him to the attention of the Inquisition, is one of Brechts more... more...
Einführung in die Dramen-Analyse
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 12.94Hauptbeschreibung Stefan Scherer gibt eine umfassende Einführung in die Dramen-Analyse. Sie bietet neben einem Überblick zur Dramentheorie auch eine Formengeschichte von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Bauformen und -elemente des Dramas werden ausführlich erläutert. Historische und systematische Grundlagen ergänzen sich auf diese Weise. Im Zentrum... more...
Fastnachtspiele
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 182.00The volume presents the papers delivered to an international conference on late medieval carnival plays (Blaubeuren 2007). Representatives from German, French and Dutch Studies, together with theatre and cultural historians examine carnival plays from the following perspectives: play topics and municipal politics, performance and reception, relations... more...
Von Kraftmenschen und Schwächlingen
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 154.00This work examines the literary conceptions of ?masculinity? in German and Italian dramatic texts of the late 18th century. On the basis of a historical-epistemological definition of masculinity and of contemporary theoretical models of ?men?s studies? in the 20th and 21st century, the following sample texts are analyzed: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing?s... more...
Strooidak en toring
Random House Struik 2011; US$ 10.00Een van die prominentste figure in die Afrikaanse media se herrinnerings aan mense en tye. more...
Verweerskrif
Random House Struik 2011; US$ 10.00Antjie Krog se bundel oor oudword: Die mens vergaan; Tafelberg bly staan more...
Abschrecken oder Mitleiden. Das deutsche bürgerliche Trauerspiel im 18. Jahrhundert
De Gruyter 1993; US$ 126.00Abschrecken Oder Mitleiden. Das Deutsche B Rgerliche Trauerspiel Im 18. Jahrhundert: Versuch Einer Typologie. more...
Gerhard Hauptmann and the Naturalist Drama
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 47.95What was German Naturalism? What were its achievements? How does it compare with its counterparts in other European countries? These are some of the difficult questions addressed by John Osborne in Gerhart Hauptmann and the Naturalist Drama , a revised and updated version of his The Naturalist Drama in Germany, now widely acknowledged as the standard... more...
Der Tod der Königin
De Gruyter 2004; US$ 182.00Peter-André Alt examines the political role accorded to queens in the Early Modern Age, using 17th century German and English tragedies. With its interdisciplinary approach, the book also considers the pictorial arts and legal history and advances our understanding of the history of sovereignty and the constructions of nature, power, body, and gender... more...
Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater
Scarecrow Press 2006; US$ 94.99The literature of Scandinavia is amazingly rich and varied, consisting of the works produced by the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, and stretching from the ancient Norse Sagas to the present day. While much of it is unknown outside of the region, some has gained worldwide popularity, including the fairy tales of Hans Christian... more...









