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Ende der 1920er Jahre setzt Brecht den Bewahrern des kulturellen Erbes die These vom "Materialwert" der Kunst entgegen. Er verabschiedet die Vorstellung einer überzeitlichen Dauer der Werke und rät, deren einzelne Teile bedenkenlos "herauszuhacken" für ihre Wiederverwendung...

Shakespeare's cinema of love addresses the question, how much has Shakespeare influenced modern film genres? Convincing arguments are made for the links between his comedies of love and genres such as 'screwball' comedy, musicals, romantic comedy and tragic love films.

Postmodernes Kino – attraktiv und rätselhaft zugleich. Einige Zuschauer mögen es, andere fühlen sich verstört oder betrogen. In diesem Band wird ein Überblick gegeben, was wohl postmodernes Kino ist, wo es herkommt und warum es so schwer zu fassen ist. Dramaturgisch angelegt ist die Studie...

Here you will find the complete novels and novellas of Leo Tolstoy in the chronological order of their original publication. - Childhood - Boyhood - Youth - Family Happiness - The Cossacks - War and Peace - Anna Karenina - The Death of Ivan Ilyich - The Kreutzer Sonata - Resurrection - The Forged Coupon - Hadji Murad

William Somerset Maugham was a popular British writer and playwright in the 20th century.  Maugham was a prolific writer and his classic novels, Of Human Bondage and The Moon and Sixpence, are still widely read today.  This edition of On a Chinese Screen includes a table of contents.

Piesă de teatru (scenariu de film),  Acțiunea are loc în timpul primului an de domnie a lui Mihnea cel Rău, urmaşul lui Radu cel Mare, voievod care a domnit între anii 1508-1510. Mihnea-Vodă, care are gânduri mărețe de îmbogăţire, vrea cu orice preţ averea boierilor Craioveşti...

Teórico, crítico teatral e professor, Sábato Magaldi (MG, 1927) iniciou sua carreira aos 23 anos. Ao longo de décadas de intensa produção intelectual, escreveu mais de 650 artigos e 2000 críticas para jornais e revistas. A escritora e esposa de Sábato, Edla van Steen, enfrentou o desafio de...

Dai generi di spettacolo della tradizione (gagaku, nō, kyōgen, teatro dei burattini bunraku, kabuki) all’introduzione del dramma di ispirazione occidentale, l’epoca moderna in Giappone ha visto un continuo avvicendarsi di riforme, trasformazioni, rinnovamenti, sperimentazioni. Il fiorire del...

Un viaggio attraverso la storia magnifica e complessa del teatro giapponese, dalla grandezza della tradizione alle soglie della modernità. Prendendo le mosse dalle origini rituali, religiose, folkloriche e colte, il libro giunge ai generi principali della tradizione (nō, kyōgen, bunraku e kabuki)...