Theatre in Vienna by W E Yates
This is the first general history in English of theatre in Vienna, the one German-speaking city which, in the eighteenth century and for most of the nineteenth, sustained a theatrical life comparable to that of Paris or London. The book covers this theatrical culture from the beginnings of modern theatre in 1776 to the present day, relating it to social, political and intellectual history. It focuses primarily on the most important and productive theatres: the Burgtheater of the nineteenth and early twentieth century and the commercial theatres that housed Viennese dialect comedy and operetta. Particular emphasis is placed on the dramatists and composers from whom the lasting importance of the theatres chiefly derives, and on the ideological pressures reflected in the repertory, in censorship (to which one chapter is devoted), and in press reception. The book draws on original documents including diaries, memoirs and reviews, and is accessible to general readers as well as specialists.-
Brecht's Poetry of Political Exile
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Philosophy and German Literature, 17001990
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Reading Heinrich Heine
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Contemporary German Fiction
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Murderesses in German Writing, 17201860
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The German Tradition of Psychology in Literature and Thought, 17001840
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Robert Musil's 'The Man Without Qualities'
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Frankenstein's Island
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Hugo von Hofmannsthal
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Literature and German Reunification
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Women Writers and National Identity
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The Dear Purchase
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The German Bildungsroman
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Friedrich Schiller
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German Romantic Literary Theory
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Stefan Heym
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Freud's Literary Culture
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Women, the Novel, and the German Nation 17711871
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Rilke, Modernism and Poetic Tradition
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The Plays of Heinrich von Kleist
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Christa Wolf's Utopian Vision
"An important book for theater scholars.." R.F. Falk, Choice
"This book deserves consideration for the effective presentation of the interrelatedness of literature, music, and theater in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Vienna." Richard Ernest Walker, Germanic Notes and Reviews
"This book deserves consideration for the effective presentation of the interrelatedness of literature, music, and theater in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Vienna." Richard Ernest Walker, Germanic Notes and Reviews
The Editors: W. E. Yates (b. 1938), Emeritus Professor in the University of Exeter, is the author of a history of Viennese theatre and monographs on Grillparzer, Nestroy, Schnitzler and Hofmannsthal, and one of the General Editors of the standard edition of Nestroy.
Allyson Fiddler (b. 1963) is Senior Lecturer in German at Lancaster University. Her main research interest and publications are in post-war Austrian women's writing. She has published numerous articles on Elfriede Jelinek and a monograph entitled Rewriting Reality: an Introduction to Elfriede Jelinek (1994).
John Warren (b. 1935), former Head of German at Oxford Brookes, has published on aspects of theatre between the wars and contributed to and edited symposium papers on Max Reinhardt, the Biedermeier, and Culture and Politics in Austria in the 1930s.
Allyson Fiddler (b. 1963) is Senior Lecturer in German at Lancaster University. Her main research interest and publications are in post-war Austrian women's writing. She has published numerous articles on Elfriede Jelinek and a monograph entitled Rewriting Reality: an Introduction to Elfriede Jelinek (1994).
John Warren (b. 1935), former Head of German at Oxford Brookes, has published on aspects of theatre between the wars and contributed to and edited symposium papers on Max Reinhardt, the Biedermeier, and Culture and Politics in Austria in the 1930s.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521022576 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521022576 |
| Title | Theatre in Vienna |
| Author | W E Yates |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In German |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2005-11-10 |
| Number of pages | 356 |
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