Georg Büchner's Woyzeck
Subtitle: A History of Its Criticism (Literary Criticism in Perspective)
Publisher: Camden House
Published: April 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781571132208
Subjects: Literary studies: 19th century; Plays & playwrights: 19th century; European - German; German Literature; Plays / Drama; German; Literary Criticism; Continental European; Drama; Performing Arts; Performing Arts / Film / General; Buchner, Georg,; 1813-1837; 1813-1837.; Bèuchner, Georg,; Woyzeck
Description: "Although it was never completed, Georg Buchner's drama fragment Woyzeck occupies a pivotal place in the development of modern drama: its stature and influence have been recognized by representatives of naturalism, expressionism, epic theater, the theater of the absurd, and the documentary theater. It provided the libretto for one of the century's greatest operas, Alban Berg's Wozzeck, has been made into a film, and is frequently performed in many countries.

The history of the criticism of Woyzeck is fascinating not only due to the diversity of critical approaches employed, but also because of the dependence of criticism and interpretation on editors' constructions of a playable text from Buchner's three drafts or complexes of scenes. The debate about an authoritative text is ongoing, and this contributes greatly to the liveliness of the continuing critical dialogue about Buchner's work.

This is the first extensive survey and analysis of the criticism of Woyzeck from the nineteenth century to the present."--BOOK JACKET.