{"product_id":"brechts-poetry-of-political-exile-paperback-9780521154437","title":"Brecht's Poetry of Political Exile (Paperback) 9780521154437","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBrecht's Poetry of Political Exile\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this volume, contributors analyse Brecht's Svendborg Poems critically and historically.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRonald Speirs (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521154437, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 24 June 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e270 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...the primary value is in an introduction to Brecht's poetry as a whole for non-German-speaking students and as a point of departure for re-examining the tensions of poetry and politics in the twentieth century.\"   The Brecht Yearbook\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBertolt Brecht, one of the most influential European playwrights of the twentieth century, was also a poet of distinction. Brecht's Poetry of Political Exile is the first comprehensive study devoted to his most important collection of political poetry, the Svendborg Poems. In these essays, a strong team of contributors take the poems as the focal point for a much wider study of politics and poetry under totalitarianism. They analyse Brecht's work critically and historically, discussing it in relation to questions of poetics, political commitment, exile, propaganda, rhetoric, and the scope and limitations of political poetry. Links are also drawn with the work of German, Soviet and English poets of the period, and with later German poets. This volume sheds light on Brecht's political investment in and aesthetic commitment to political poetry, and will complement the plentiful scholarship focusing on his drama.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Svendborg 1938 David Midgley\u003cbr\u003e 2. The usefulness of poetry David Constantine\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'Visit to a banished poet': Brecht's Svendborg Poems and the voices of exile Tom Kuhn\u003cbr\u003e 4. Exile in 'Danish Siberia': the Soviet Union in the Svendborg Poems Katharine Hodgson\u003cbr\u003e 5. Strength and clarity: Brecht, Auden and the 'true Democratic style' Tony Davies\u003cbr\u003e 6. Satire as propaganda: Brecht's 'Deutsche Satieren' for Deutscher Freiheitssender Michael Minden\u003cbr\u003e 7. The fourth door: difficulties with the truth in the Svendborg Poems Joyce Crick\u003cbr\u003e 8. The uses of rhetoric in Brecht's Svendborg Poems Anna Carrdus\u003cbr\u003e 9. Assuaging the anxiety of influence: poetic authority and power in the Svendborg Poems Elizabeth Boa\u003cbr\u003e 10. Figures of memory in the 'Chroniken' Anthony Phelan\u003cbr\u003e 11. The poet in time Ronald Speirs\u003cbr\u003e 12. Those born later than Brecht: the reception of 'An die Nachgeborenen' Karen Leeder\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004627702040,"sku":"9780521154437","price":31.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521154437i_214569e0-a2e8-4496-8069-b298c9b34e43.jpg?v=1691372712","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/brechts-poetry-of-political-exile-paperback-9780521154437","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}