The Theater of Heiner Muller: Revised and Enlarged Edition [Paperback]

Jonathan Kalb (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2004

The revised and enlarged edition of the first comprehensive English-language study of the work of Heiner Muller, widely regarded as Bertolt Brecht's spiritual heir and as one of the most important German playwrights of the twentieth century. "Kalb's quest to try and penetrate some of the surfaces of what he calls this 'glacially infuriating writer' is engrossing, and he negotiates his own ambivalences and reservations about Muller as theatre-maker and man with both honesty and adroitness...As a piece of scholarship [this] is a breathtaking tour de force." -Mary Luckhurst, New Theatre Quarterly

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Pleasing and easy to read...the book includes 15 excellent production photographs. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals." Choice "...Kalb's close readings of the MUller oeuvre are incisive and refreshingly free of critical rhetoric..." Michael Bloom, American Theatre "This book will not only inspire theater scholars to take a closer look at MUller, it could also pave the way for a more engaged confrontation with MUller's work in the English-speaking world--not only among theater directors, actors, translators, and publishers, but for readers who recognize the significance of the most important German playwright since Brecht." Holger Teschke, Theater "The author of this excellent study is a recipient of the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism (1991) and author of a previous volume on Beckett as well as a collection of essays titled Free Admissions: Collected Theater Writings. Jonathan Kalb presents a thoughtful and personally intimate analysis of the life and theater of Heiner MUller by comparing his production with that of various predecessors. An extraordinarily insightful, sensitive book, a tour de force of knowledge of modern drama and its critics, The Theater of Heiner MUller is an indispensible aid in unlocking the riddles and merits of the man and his contemporaries." Erlis Wickersham, World Literature Today --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Book Description

The first comprehensive study in English of Bertold Brecht's most significant spiritual heir, whose typical practice was to imitate the work of existing authors in a more or less subversive fashion. This book attempts to illuminate Müller's work and thought by way of his carefully-chosen alter egos. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Limelight Editions; Rev Enl edition (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879109653
• ISBN-13: 978-0879109653
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,241,914 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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