Oskar Panizza and The love council
Subtitle: a history of the scandalous play on stage and in court, with the complete text in English and a biography of the author
By: Peter D.G. Brown.
Contributors: Panizza, Oskar, 1853-1921.
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers; McFarland & Company; McFarland
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780786442737
Subjects: Panizza, Oskar, -- 1853-1921; Panizza, Oskar, -- 1853-1921 -- Stage history; Panizza, Oskar, -- 1853-1921 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Panizza, Oskar, -- 1853-1921; Trials (Blasphemy) -- Germany; Authors, German -- 19th century -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: "In 1894, German society was introduced to The Love Council, a new play by the Oskar Panizza. This book contains a detailed history of the play on stage and the court proceedings that led to Panizza's imprisonment. A new English translation of the play is included, as well as a biography of its avant-garde, modernist author"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: The play: Oskar Panizza's legacy; The love council: a heavenly tragedy in five acts, 1894; additions to the second and third editions, 1896-1897; title: Part II: The author: the early decades, 1853-1894; downward spiral, 1895-1921; Panizza's autobiographical sketch, 1904;; title: Part III: The trials: the 1895 trial in Munich; Panizza's defense and judgment, 1895; twentieth-century trials, 1962-1998; title: Part IV: reception and performance: M. G. Conrad's evaluation, 1895; critical responses to The love council, 1895-1897; performances around the world, 1967-2008.