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Bertolt Brecht in America / James K. Lyon.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 657Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1980Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (440 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691613734
  • 9781400855902
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 832.912 832/.912
LOC classification:
  • PT2603.R397 Z74593
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- I. Prologue to American Exile -- 1. Brecht And America - The New Atlantis -- 2. Newyork, 1935 -- 3. "Changing Countries More Often Than Shoes" -- 4. Culture shock -- II. Brecht and Hollywood -- 5. "Spellyourname" -- 6. Playing "Roulette" With Film Stories -- 7. A Qualified Winner - The Film Hangmenalso Die -- 8. More hollywood roulette -- 9. Film-Writing Till the End -- III. The Difficult Brecht -- 10. Obdurategenius -- IV. Brecht and the American Theater -- 11. Building Up to Broadway -- 12. Hope, Frustration, and Schweyk in the Second World War -- 13. Broadway and the Caucasian Chalk Circle -- 14. Off-Broadway, 1945: The Private Life of the Master Race -- 15. Broadwayandbust, 1946: The Duchess of Malfi -- 16. "Organizing His Fame"- Miscellaneous Dramatic Activities -- 17. Charles Laughton And Galileo- Acting as a Mode of Translating -- 18. More Galileos -- 19. Galileo at Last -- V. Brecht and Feelings -- 20. Tough tenderness -- 21. Brecht and Peter Lorre -- 22. Ferdinand Reyher -- 23. Brecht's Women -- VI. The Charismatic Brecht -- 24. Collaboration with Brecht -- 25. Young American Disctples -- VII. Brecht and the Germans -- 26. "Where I am is Germany" - The Refugee Ghetto -- 27. Brecht, Thomas Mann, and Germany -- VIII. The Ideological Brecht -- 28. Anti-Fascist Political Activities -- 29. Anti-Fascist Writings -- 30. Brecht and the American Left -- IX. The Last Act in America -- 31. The promise of Europe -- 32. Brecht Before "Huac" -- X. Epilogue -- 33. America Before and After -- A Word on Sources -- Notes -- Published Works Consulted -- Selected Bibliography of Brecht's Works in English -- Index
Summary: This colorful account of Bertolt Brecht's move from Germany to America during the Hitler era explores his activities as a Hollywood writer, a playwright determined to conquer Broadway, a political commentator and activist, a social observer, and an exile in an alien land.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- I. Prologue to American Exile -- 1. Brecht And America - The New Atlantis -- 2. Newyork, 1935 -- 3. "Changing Countries More Often Than Shoes" -- 4. Culture shock -- II. Brecht and Hollywood -- 5. "Spellyourname" -- 6. Playing "Roulette" With Film Stories -- 7. A Qualified Winner - The Film Hangmenalso Die -- 8. More hollywood roulette -- 9. Film-Writing Till the End -- III. The Difficult Brecht -- 10. Obdurategenius -- IV. Brecht and the American Theater -- 11. Building Up to Broadway -- 12. Hope, Frustration, and Schweyk in the Second World War -- 13. Broadway and the Caucasian Chalk Circle -- 14. Off-Broadway, 1945: The Private Life of the Master Race -- 15. Broadwayandbust, 1946: The Duchess of Malfi -- 16. "Organizing His Fame"- Miscellaneous Dramatic Activities -- 17. Charles Laughton And Galileo- Acting as a Mode of Translating -- 18. More Galileos -- 19. Galileo at Last -- V. Brecht and Feelings -- 20. Tough tenderness -- 21. Brecht and Peter Lorre -- 22. Ferdinand Reyher -- 23. Brecht's Women -- VI. The Charismatic Brecht -- 24. Collaboration with Brecht -- 25. Young American Disctples -- VII. Brecht and the Germans -- 26. "Where I am is Germany" - The Refugee Ghetto -- 27. Brecht, Thomas Mann, and Germany -- VIII. The Ideological Brecht -- 28. Anti-Fascist Political Activities -- 29. Anti-Fascist Writings -- 30. Brecht and the American Left -- IX. The Last Act in America -- 31. The promise of Europe -- 32. Brecht Before "Huac" -- X. Epilogue -- 33. America Before and After -- A Word on Sources -- Notes -- Published Works Consulted -- Selected Bibliography of Brecht's Works in English -- Index

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This colorful account of Bertolt Brecht's move from Germany to America during the Hitler era explores his activities as a Hollywood writer, a playwright determined to conquer Broadway, a political commentator and activist, a social observer, and an exile in an alien land.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)