Understanding Brecht (New Edition)In this volume we find collected together Benjamin's most sensitive and probing writing on the dramatic and poetic work of his friend and tutor Bertolt Brecht. Benjamin's work still exerts an influence over philosophical and cultural thinking today. |
Contents
What is Epic Theatre? First version I | 1 |
What is Epic Theatre? Second version | 15 |
Studies for a Theory of Epic Theatre | 23 |
A Family Drama in the Epic Theatre | 33 |
Commentaries on Poems by Brecht | 43 |
Brechts Threepenny Novel | 75 |
The Author as Producer | 85 |
Conversations with Brecht | 105 |
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