The leading publication on Brecht, his work, and topics of interest to
him; this annual volume documents the International Brecht Society's
2016 symposium, "Recycling Brecht."
Published for the International Brecht Society by Camden House, the
Brecht Yearbook is the central scholarly forum for discussion of
Brecht's life and work and of topics of particular interest to him,
especially the politics of literature and of theater in a global
context. It includes a wide variety of perspectives and approaches, and,
like Brecht himself, is committed to the concept of the use value of
literature, theater, and theory.
Volume42 features a selection of the papers given and protocols of the
events held at the International Brecht Society's "Recycling Brecht"
symposium at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, in June 2016. The theme of
recycling is understood bothas a description of Brecht's own creative
practice and as an activity applied to his works by others. The volume
includes keynote papers by Hans-Thies Lehmann and Amal Allana on
Brecht's reception of Antigone and on the reception and recycling of
Brecht in India, respectively. Other papers are on a wide range of
topics, from Brecht's own "recycling" of Shakespeare and others, through
the reception of his own works in a range of contexts and by later
writers, to contemporary works that may be understood as post-Brechtian.
The final section, introduced by an extended interview with American
playwright Tony Kushner, documents additional creative responses to the
theme.
Volume co-editors Tom Kuhn and David Barnett are, respectively,
Professor of Twentieth-Century German Literature at the University of
Oxford and Professor of Theatre at the University of York. Managing
Editor Theodore F. Rippey is Associate Professor of German at Bowling
Green State University.
