Overview
Franz Xaver Kroetz -- banana-cutter, hospital orderly, fledgling actor and, more significantly, Germany's most popular contemporary dramatist of the seventies and early eighties. This study, which situates Kroetz's aesthetics in a political context, focuses on four plays that mark crisis points in his development of a political aesthetic. The breaks in otherwise very successful aesthetic models occur as Kroetz responds to changing social conditions.All those interested in Kroetz, as well as in broader aesthetic questions, will find that this book makes important breakthroughs.
Full Product Details
Author: Michelle Mattson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Berg Publishers
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.390kg
ISBN: 9781859730799
ISBN 10: 1859730795
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 July 1996
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
'Well worth recommending to students of post-1945 drama. At the same time, it is considerably more than just a students' introduction.' MLR 'This is a useful study about a controversial playwright... The ... argument is ... solid and convincingly presented.' AUMLA 'Mattson's book is a valuable contribution to studies of modern German drama; not only because it provides an extended case-study of one author's work but it also continues and applies highly interesting and productive arguments and ideas on dramatic form.' Theatre Research International
'Well worth recommending to students of post-1945 drama. At the same time, it is considerably more than just a students' introduction.'MLR'This is a useful study about a controversial playwright... The ... argument is ... solid and convincingly presented.'AUMLA'Mattson's book is a valuable contribution to studies of modern German drama; not only because it provides an extended case-study of one author's work but it also continues and applies highly interesting and productive arguments and ideas on dramatic form.'Theatre Research International
'Well worth recommending to students of post-1945 drama. At the same time, it is considerably more than just a students' introduction.' MLR 'This is a useful study about a controversial playwright... The ... argument is ... solid and convincingly presented.' AUMLA 'Mattson's book is a valuable contribution to studies of modern German drama; not only because it provides an extended case-study of one author's work but it also continues and applies highly interesting and productive arguments and ideas on dramatic form.' Theatre Research International
Author Information
Michelle M. Mattson Assistant Professor of Germanic Studies,Columbia University
