Newest volume of the central scholarly forum for discussion of Brecht
and aspects of theater and literature of particular interest to him,
especially the politics of literature and theater in a global context.
Now published for the International Brecht Society by Camden House under
the Society's editorship, the Brecht Yearbook is the central scholarly
forum for discussion of the life and work of Bertolt Brecht and of
aspects of theater and literature that were of particular interest to
him, especially the politics of literature and theater in a global
context. The Yearbook welcomes a wide variety of perspectives and
approaches, and, like Brecht himself, it is committed to the use value
of literature, theater, and theory.
Volume 40 features new research on Brechtian concepts of temporality
(Matthias Rothe) and the apparatus (Thomas Pekar), as well as articles
on the "Bilder aus der Kriegsfibel" (Arnold Pistiak), the poem "Die
Nachtlager" (Klaus-Dieter Krabiel), Brecht and Peruvian theater (Carlos
Vargas-Salgado), early Brecht productions in Australia (Laura Ginters),
and Brecht and Karl Kraus (Jost Hermand). Biographically oriented pieces
focus on Brecht and the Chinese author Feng Zhi (Lin Cheng) and an
unpublished letter to Brecht from 1918 (Jürgen Hillesheim). Special
contents include a portfolio of drawings by DieterGoltzsche, with a
brief introduction by the artist, a tribute to Sara Joffré, a brief set
of texts related to the exchanges between Hanns Eisler and Hans Bunge,
introduced by Sabine Berendse, and an open letter to Brecht from
Hans-Thies Lehmann and Helene Varopoulou.
Theodore F. Rippey is Associate Professor of German at Bowling Green
State University.