Brecht Bertolt Stephen Parker (1 results)

First edition first impression 2014. Cloth. Very good indeed in dustjacket damaged & repaired with sellotape front panel (see our image) with sunning to the spine. This first English language biography of Bertolt Brecht (18981956) in two decades paints a strikingly new picture of one of the twentieth century's most controversial cultural icons. Drawing on letters, diaries and unpublished material, including Brecht's medical records, Parker offers a rich and enthralling account of Brecht's life and work, viewed through the prism of the artist. Tracing his extraordinary life, from his formative years in Augsburg, through the First World War, his politicisation during the Weimar Republic and his years of exile, up to the Berliner Ensemble's dazzling productions in Paris and London, Parker shows how Brecht achieved his transformative effect upon world theatre and poetry. Ask to see our other Bertolt Brecht titles.…