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1、BRECHTSOURCEBOOKBertoltBrecht’scareerintersectsawiderangeofpoliticalandculturalpracticesandhistoryincludingGermanfolkculture,vaudeville,jazz,theriseofHollywoodandmassculture,twoWorldWars,NaziGermany,theemergenceofinternationaltravel,andthebeginningsofgloba
2、lculture.Asoneofthemostprolificandinfluentialwriters,directors,andtheoristsofthetwentiethcentuty,Brechtismandatoryreadingforanyoneinterestedinculturalandpoliticallife.Thisanthologybringstogetheranindispensablecollectionofarticles,playsandinterviewsportrayi
3、ngthedevelopmentandthecomplexityofBrecht’sideas.IncludedaretwoplaysnoteasilyavailableinEnglish:TheBeggarorTheDeadDogandBadenLehrstück.Thecollectioncovers:•thedevelopmentofBrecht’saesthetictheories•Brecht’saesthetictheoriesinpractice•Brecht’scollaborationsw
4、ithKurtWeill,PaulDessauandothers•theadoptionandadaptationofBrecht’sideasinEngland,Japan,Russia,theUnitedStates,andLatinAmerica.ThisbookisanidealcompaniontoBrecht’splays,andprovidesaninvaluablereconsiderationofhiswork.Contributorsinclude:LeeBaxandall,EricBe
5、ntley,Hans-JoachimBunge,PaulDessau,MartinEsslin,HenryGlade,BarclayGoldsmith,MordecaiGorelik,KarenLaughlin,W.StuartMcDowell,EricaMunk,Jean-PaulSartre,ErnstSchumacher,DianaTaylor,TadashiUchino,KurtWeill,CarlWeber.CarolMartinisAssociateProfessorofDramaatNewYo
6、rkUniversity,theco-editorofStudiesinDanceHistory,thebookrevieweditorofTheDramaReviewandtheauthorofDanceMarathons:PerformingAmericanCultureofthe1920sand1930s.HenryBialisInstructorofDramaatNewYorkUniversity.HeiscurrentlycompletinghisdissertationonJewish-Amer
7、icanpopularperformance.WorldsofPerformanceGeneralEditor:RichardSchechnerWORLDSOFPERFORMANCEWhatisa“performance”?Wheredoesittakeplace?Whoaretheparticipants?Notsolongagotheseweresettledquestions,buttodaysuchorthodoxanswersareunsatisfactory,misleading,andlimi
8、ting.“Performance”asatheoreticalcategoryandasapracticehasexpandedexplosively.Itnowcomprisesapanoplyofgenresrangingfromplay,topopularentertainments,totheatre,dance,andmusic,tosecularandreligiousrituals,to“perf
