Routledge Revivals: Bertolt Brecht: Dialectics, Poetry, Polit... - 9781138245129

Name: Routledge Revivals: Bertolt Brecht: Dialectics, Poetry, Polit... - 9781138245129
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Routledge Revivals: Bertolt Brecht: Dialectics, Poetry, Politics (1988)Author(s): Peter Brooker\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138245129, 978-1138245129\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1988, this books argues with received accounts to reclaim Brechts emphasis on his self-described dialectical theatre, re-examining firstly the concepts of Gestus and Verfremdung and their realisation in Brechts poetry in terms of his attempt to consciously apply the methods of dialectical materialism to art and cultural practice. The author also takes issue with the customary view of Brechts career and politics which sees him as compromising either with Communist party dogma or bourgeois aesthetics, to find developing parallels between Brechts political and artistic though and the critical dialectics of Marx, Lenin and Mao. This development is examined in later chapters in relation to the early and late plays, The Measures Taken an.