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Avant-garde plays by a gifted and unconventional German Jewish writer, one of the few women among the Expressionists of the Berlin Moderns

Famous for her poetry and infamous for her bohemian lifestyle, as well as her association with political radicals, Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler (1869-1945) is only now returning to just renown as one of the few women writers within the Expressionist movement of the early twentieth century. These plays-Dark River, Arthur Aronymus and His Ancestors, and I and I-in Jane Curtis's fluid translation, allow readers of English to experience the radically avant-garde style that put Lasker-SchÃ¼ler on a par with Brecht in her day, as well as the passionate treatment of questions of gender, ethnicity, and sexuality that placed her well ahead of her time. Lasker-SchÃ¼ler's plays reflect her unusual life among the Berlin Moderns of the 1910s and 20s. The daughter of a well-to-do Jewish banker and builder, Else SchÃ¼ler gave up her bourgeois existence as a doctor's wife for the artistic, social, and political uncertainties that would characterize the rest of her life. Many of her finest poems and plays were written amidst the cafe society of Berlin, where she knew some of the great expressionist artists of the period. The death of her beloved son in 1927, which led her to intense introspection and reflection on the Jewish tradition, especially mysticism and the Kabbalah, also marked the beginning of Lasker-SchÃ¼ler's years of tragedy, loss, and dislocation, culminating in her flight from Nazi Germany to Switzerland and then Jerusalem, where she ended her days as an eccentric pauper.
The plays in this volume mark Lasker-SchÃ¼ler's movement away from the traditional aesthetic canon, revealing a unique formal development from naturalistic expressionist episodes in the lyrical Dark River to a historicizing politicization of the theater in Arthur Aronymous to the forms of montage and "epic" presentations in I and I. A short preface by Inca Molina Rumold places each play in its historical, biographical, and artistic context.

21. Mein lieber, wundervoller blauer Reiter: Privater Briefwechsel by Else Lasker-Schuler
	Hardcover: 190 Pages (1998) Isbn: 3538068208 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

22. Mein Herz by Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler
	Perfect Paperback: 213 Pages (2006-05-31) Isbn: 3458348891 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

23. Concert (European Women Writers) by Else Lasker-Schuler
	Hardcover: 164 Pages (1994-08-28) list price: US$45.00 -- used & new: US$29.80 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0803229003 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Book Description Concert was one of the last books published by a Jew in Germany before Hitler came to power. The work is autobiographical, a collection of essays and vignettes that both entertain and engage the reader at a deeper level. Like Robert Schumann's piano suites, each in itself a perfect concert, Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler's Concert contains pieces that vary greatly in theme, mood, length, and complexity, yet they are unified by the medium and by the distinct and lyrical personality of the artist. Lasker-SchÃ¼ler is able to transform and transcend the everyday scenery and events that are her points of departure. She makes magical an unmagical corner of Germany, discerns the miraculous in the neglected and ignored, and finds wisdom and comfort in prayer and cosmic perspective. Lsker-SchÃ¼ler was attuned to the world and in some ways uncannily prophetic. It may come as a surprise to some readers that Concert, published in German in 1932, contains a warning about the climatic dangers of interfering 'with the merry green leaf people who give us ozone and the breath of life.' With her respect for the natural environment and her emphasis on spiritual development rather than the materialistic, Lasker-SchÃ¼ler's voice re-mains relevant to our own times. A recent German edition of her complete works has proven immensely popular. Prior to the Third Reich, Lasker-SchÃ¼ler had a well-established reputation in her native Germany as a poet, dramatist, and prose writer, as well as for her work in the visual arts, and she received the Kleist Prize for Literature. As a Jew, though, she was increasingly threatened by 'people wearing swastikas,' and was forced to flee the country in 1933, never to return. She died in exile in Palestine in 1945. This is the first English translation of any of Lasker-SchÃ¼ler's prose: a challenging task because she includes sections in dialect, poems, numerous neologisms, witty alterations of German sayings, and structural emulations with phonetic echoes of famous German art songs. ... Read more

24. Poet Who Paints, A by Else Lasker-Schuler
	Paperback: Pages (2006) Isbn: 9657034167 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

25. Dichtungen und Dokumente.Gedichte, Prosa, Schauspiele, Briefe, Zeugnis und Erinnerung by Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler
	Hardcover: Pages (1951) Asin: B000M73K8U Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

26. Werke und Briefe, Bd.5, Prosa, Das HebrÃ¤erland by Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler, Karl JÃ¼rgen Skrodzki, Itta Shedletzky
	Hardcover: 580 Pages (2002-05-01) -- used & new: US$79.02 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 3633541756 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

27. HebrÃ¤ische Balladen. by Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler, Norbert Oellers
	Hardcover: 60 Pages (2000-10-01) Isbn: 3633541659 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

28. Werke und Briefe, Bd.3/1-2, Prosa 1903-1920 by Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler, Ricarda Dick
	Hardcover: Pages (1998-11-01) -- used & new: US$194.64 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 3633541489 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

29. Der Prinz von Theben und andere Prosa. by Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler, Friedhelm Kemp
	Paperback: 628 Pages (1998-06-01) Isbn: 3518393480 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

30. Hebraische Balladen: Faksimile der Handschrift (Marbacher Schriften) by Else Lasker-Schuler
	Paperback: 35 Pages (1986) Isbn: 3768199819 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

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31. Hebraische Balladen: Faksimile der Handschrift (Marbacher Schriften) by Else Lasker-Schuler
	Paperback: 35 Pages (1986) Isbn: 3768199819 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

32. In Theben geboren. by Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler, Ruth KlÃ¼ger
	Hardcover: 117 Pages (1998-07-01) -- used & new: US$19.25 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 3518222759 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

33. Three Plays: Dark River, Arthur Aronymus and His Ancestors, and I and I (European Drama Classics) by Else Lasker-Schuler
	Paperback: 312 Pages (2005-11-30) list price: US$24.95 -- used & new: US$24.70 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0810121980 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan
Editorial Review Book Description Avant-garde plays by a gifted and unconventional German Jewish writer, one of the few women among the Expressionists of the Berlin Moderns Famous for her poetry and infamous for her bohemian lifestyle, as well as her association with political radicals, Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler (1869-1945) is only now returning to just renown as one of the few women writers within the Expressionist movement of the early twentieth century. These plays-Dark River, Arthur Aronymus and His Ancestors, and I and I-in Jane Curtis's fluid translation, allow readers of English to experience the radically avant-garde style that put Lasker-SchÃ¼ler on a par with Brecht in her day, as well as the passionate treatment of questions of gender, ethnicity, and sexuality that placed her well ahead of her time. Lasker-SchÃ¼ler's plays reflect her unusual life among the Berlin Moderns of the 1910s and 20s. The daughter of a well-to-do Jewish banker and builder, Else SchÃ¼ler gave up her bourgeois existence as a doctor's wife for the artistic, social, and political uncertainties that would characterize the rest of her life. Many of her finest poems and plays were written amidst the cafe society of Berlin, where she knew some of the great expressionist artists of the period. The death of her beloved son in 1927, which led her to intense introspection and reflection on the Jewish tradition, especially mysticism and the Kabbalah, also marked the beginning of Lasker-SchÃ¼ler's years of tragedy, loss, and dislocation, culminating in her flight from Nazi Germany to Switzerland and then Jerusalem, where she ended her days as an eccentric pauper. The plays in this volume mark Lasker-SchÃ¼ler's movement away from the traditional aesthetic canon, revealing a unique formal development from naturalistic expressionist episodes in the lyrical Dark River to a historicizing politicization of the theater in Arthur Aronymous to the forms of montage and "epic" presentations in I and I. A short preface by Inca Molina Rumold places each play in its historical, biographical, and artistic context. ... Read more

34. Werke und Briefe, Bd.2, Dramen by Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler, Georg-Michael Schulz
	Hardcover: Pages (1997-11-01) -- used & new: US$81.06 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 3633541373 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

35. Werke und Briefe, Bd.4/1-2, Prosa 1921-1945, Nachgelassene Schriften by Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler, Karl JÃ¼rgen Skrodzki, Itta Shedletzky
	Hardcover: 950 Pages (2001-05-01) -- used & new: US$236.97 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 3633541667 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

36. Theben. Gedichte und Bilder. by Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler, Ricarda Dick
	Hardcover: 60 Pages (2002-03-01) -- used & new: US$40.79 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 3633541772 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

37. Gedichte 1902 - 1943. by Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler, Friedhelm Kemp
	Paperback: 438 Pages (1997-12-01) -- used & new: US$24.00 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 3518392905 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

38. Helles Schlafen - dunkles Wachen. by Else Lasker-SchÃ¼ler
	Paperback: Pages (1967) Asin: B000SNSNMG Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

39. Mi Piano Azul y Otros Poemas by Else Lasker-Schuler
	Paperback: Pages (2000-05) list price: US$35.40 Isbn: 849218311X Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan

40. Im Spiegel der Bache finde ich mein Bild nicht mehr: Gratwanderung einer anderen Asthetik der Dichterin Else Lasker-Schuler (Collection S. Fischer) by Judith Kuckart
	Perfect Paperback: 138 Pages (1985) Isbn: 3596223415 Canada \| United Kingdom \| Germany \| France \| Japan