Georg Büchner
Its use of numerous historical sources and extensive quotations from original political speeches meant that the play was seen in the 20th century as the precursor to documentary theatre. Until 1979 no one had explored the themes and inner connections within Büchner's work between Eros and Violence systematically – that year saw Reinhold Grimm treat it in "text und kritik, Georg Büchner", and it was continued in the present "Georg Büchner Jahrbuch 11" (2005–2008).