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  1. Georg Büchner's Woyzeck
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon, Oxon ; Taylor & Francis Group, London

    "'Everyone's an abyss. You get dizzy if you look down.' -- Woyzeck Georg Büchner's Woyzeck was left unfinished at the time of its author's death in 1837, but the play is now widely recognised as the first 'modern' drama in the history of European... more

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    "'Everyone's an abyss. You get dizzy if you look down.' -- Woyzeck Georg Büchner's Woyzeck was left unfinished at the time of its author's death in 1837, but the play is now widely recognised as the first 'modern' drama in the history of European theatre. Its fragmentary form and critical socio-political content have had a lasting influence on artists, readers, and audiences to this day. The abuse, exploitation, and disenfranchisement that Woyzeck's titular protagonist endures find their mirror in his own murderous outburst. But beyond that, they also echo in the flux and confusion of the various drafts and versions in which the play has been presented since its emergence. In this fresh engagement with a modern classic, Gritzner examines the revolutionary dimensions of Büchner's political and creative practice, as well as modern approaches to the play in performance"--...

     

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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
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    ISBN: 9781315659084; 1315659085; 9781317332992; 1317332997; 9781317332985; 1317332989; 9781317332978; 1317332970
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    Series: Fourth wall
    Other subjects: Büchner, Georg (1813-1837): Woyzeck
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

  2. Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck
    Published: [2019]
    Publisher:  Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London ; New York

    "'Everyone's an abyss. You get dizzy if you look down.' -- Woyzeck Georg Büchner's Woyzeck was left unfinished at the time of its author's death in 1837, but the play is now widely recognised as the first 'modern' drama in the history of European... more

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    "'Everyone's an abyss. You get dizzy if you look down.' -- Woyzeck Georg Büchner's Woyzeck was left unfinished at the time of its author's death in 1837, but the play is now widely recognised as the first 'modern' drama in the history of European theatre. Its fragmentary form and critical socio-political content have had a lasting influence on artists, readers, and audiences to this day. The abuse, exploitation, and disenfranchisement that Woyzeck's titular protagonist endures find their mirror in his own murderous outburst. But beyond that, they also echo in the flux and confusion of the various drafts and versions in which the play has been presented since its emergence. In this fresh engagement with a modern classic, Gritzner examines the revolutionary dimensions of Büchner's political and creative practice, as well as modern approaches to the play in performance"--

     

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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Language: English
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    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781315659084; 9781317332992; 9781317332985; 9781317332978
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    Series: Fourth wall
    Other subjects: Büchner, Georg / 1813-1837 / Woyzeck
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (76 Seiten)
  3. Adorno and modern theatre
    the drama of the damaged self in Bond, Rudkin, Barker and Kane
    Published: [2015]; © 2015
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hampshire

    Adorno and Modern Theatre explores the drama of Edward Bond, David Rudkin, Howard Barker and Sarah Kane in the context of the work of leading philosopher Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969). The book engages with key principles of Adorno's aesthetic theory... more

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    Adorno and Modern Theatre explores the drama of Edward Bond, David Rudkin, Howard Barker and Sarah Kane in the context of the work of leading philosopher Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969). The book engages with key principles of Adorno's aesthetic theory and cultural critique and examines their influence on a generation of seminal post-war dramatists

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781137534477
    Subjects: Theater; Electronic books
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 206 Seiten)
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    Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Prologue: 'After Auschwitz': Survival of the Aesthetic; 1 Adorno and Beckett: from the Crisis of Schein to the Fidelity to Failure; 2 Edward Bond and the Aesthetics of Resistance; 3 David Rudkin's Theatre of Myth; 4 Howard Barker's Theatre of Desire; 5 Sarah Kane or how to 'scrape a life out of the ruins'; Epilogue: Adorno, Tragedy and Theatre as Negation; Notes; Bibliography; Index

  4. Eroticism and Death in Theatre and Performance
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  University Of Hertfordshire Press, Chicago

    Exploring a range of topics, including Greek tragedy, Shakespearean theater, contemporary British plays, opera, and the theatricality of Parisian culture, this compilation provides new perspectives on the relationship between Eros and Death in a... more

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    Exploring a range of topics, including Greek tragedy, Shakespearean theater, contemporary British plays, opera, and the theatricality of Parisian culture, this compilation provides new perspectives on the relationship between Eros and Death in a series of dramatic texts, theatrical practices, and cultural performances. Detailed and analytical, these informative essays demonstrate how changing attitudes towards sexuality and death-opposed but entangled passions-were reflected in theater throughout the course of history. Psychoanalytical and philo...

     

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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
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    ISBN: 9781907396052
    Subjects: Theater; Erotik <Motiv>; Tod <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (282 Seiten)
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  5. Georg Büchner's Woyzeck
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Routledge,, Abingdon, Oxon

    Woyzeck the open wound -- History, politics, tragedy -- The fragmentary demand -- Woyzeck in performance. more

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    Woyzeck the open wound -- History, politics, tragedy -- The fragmentary demand -- Woyzeck in performance.

     

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  6. Theatre of Catastrophe
    New Essays on Howard Barker
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  Oberon Books, London

    Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- RAISING HELL -- HOWARD BARKER IN CONVERSATION -- 'I AM NOT WHAT I WAS' -- BARKER DIRECTING BARKER -- DEAD HANDS AND KILLER HEELS -- TOWARDS AN AESTHETIC OF THE SUBLIME -- THE... more

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    Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- RAISING HELL -- HOWARD BARKER IN CONVERSATION -- 'I AM NOT WHAT I WAS' -- BARKER DIRECTING BARKER -- DEAD HANDS AND KILLER HEELS -- TOWARDS AN AESTHETIC OF THE SUBLIME -- THE BODY IN EXTREMIS -- A NEW TREMENDOUS ARISTOCRACY -- 'ENGLAND BRINGS YOU DOWN AT LAST' -- FACING DEFACEMENT -- 'APPALLING SOLITUDE' -- I HAVE CALLED MY PAIN 'DOG' -- 'DEMOLITION NEEDS A DRAWING, TOO…' -- THE BODY TURNED INSIDE OUT -- IMAGES OF DEATH -- A CHRONOLOGY -- A SELECTION OF FURTHER CRITICAL READING -- INDEX

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781783192311
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (246 pages)
  7. Adorno and modern theatre
    the drama of the damaged self in Bond, Rudkin, Barker and Kane
    Published: [2015]
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

    Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, Hauptabteilung
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    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9781137534477
    Subjects: Adorno, Theodor W; Englisch; Drama; Bond, Edward; Beckett, Samuel; Rudkin, David; Kane, Sarah; Drama
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 206 Seiten)
  8. Georg Büchner's Woyzeck
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Routledge,, Abingdon, Oxon

    Woyzeck the open wound -- History, politics, tragedy -- The fragmentary demand -- Woyzeck in performance. more

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    Woyzeck the open wound -- History, politics, tragedy -- The fragmentary demand -- Woyzeck in performance.

     

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  9. Adorno and modern theatre
    the drama of the damaged self in Bond, Rudkin, Barker and Kane
    Published: [2015]
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

    Universitäts- und Stadtbibliothek Köln, Hauptabteilung
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    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9781137534477
    Subjects: Englisch; Drama
    Other subjects: Bond, Edward (1934-); Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989); Kane, Sarah (1971-1999); Adorno, Th. W. (1903-1969); Rudkin, David (1936-)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 206 Seiten)