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Interesting Part of the Brecht Canon
This play is Brecht's adaptation of Marlowe's Edward II.I suspect this play will be surprising to most readers of Brecht because it contains considerably less of the overt social satire and commentary associated usually with Brecht.More than anything else, this play is a character of study of Edward's refusal to heed social conventions.This play is surprisingly successful, at least when read.Brecht elevates Edward's wilfullness into a virtue and makes him a surprisingly sympathetic character.The play displays Brecht's wit and stagecraft quite well. ... Read more

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A classic anthology of literature, charged with emotion
Bertolt Brecht: Poetry And Prose is an anthology primarily of poetry, but also offering the prose works "Socrates Wounded" and "The Unseemly Old Lady" by Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), which reveals his skill in the free-verse that he calls "rhymeless lyrics with irregular rhythm." The poetry is presented both in its original German and English translation. A classic anthology of literature, charged with emotion and a stark view of ills besetting individuals and society at large. "To Those Born Later": Truly, I live in dark times! / The guileless word is folly. A smooth forehead / Suggests insensitivity. The man who laughs / Has simply not yet had / the terrible news.
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