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  • A Life of Galileoby Bertolt Brecht; Mark Ravenhill

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 12.99

    Arguably 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 Brecht’s more... more...

  • Einführung in die Dramen-Analyseby Stefan Scherer

    WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 12.94

    Hauptbeschreibung 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...

  • Fastnachtspieleby Klaus Ridder

    De Gruyter 2009; US$ 182.00

    The 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 Schwächlingenby Martin Blawid

    De Gruyter 2011; US$ 154.00

    This 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 toringby Izak de Villiers

    Random House Struik 2011; US$ 10.00

    Een van die prominentste figure in die Afrikaanse media se herrinnerings aan mense en tye. more...

  • Verweerskrifby Antjie Krog

    Random House Struik 2011; US$ 10.00

    Antjie Krog se bundel oor oudword: Die mens vergaan; Tafelberg bly staan more...

  • Abschrecken oder Mitleiden. Das deutsche bürgerliche Trauerspiel im 18. Jahrhundertby Cornelia Mönch

    De Gruyter 1993; US$ 126.00

    Abschrecken Oder Mitleiden. Das Deutsche B Rgerliche Trauerspiel Im 18. Jahrhundert: Versuch Einer Typologie. more...

  • Gerhard Hauptmann and the Naturalist Dramaby John Osborne

    Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 47.95

    What 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 Königinby Peter-André Alt

    De Gruyter 2004; US$ 182.00

    Peter-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 Theaterby Jan Sjåvik

    Scarecrow Press 2006; US$ 94.99

    The 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...