Durrenmatt : : A Study in Plays, Prose, Theory / / Timo Tiusanen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Tiusanen, Timo,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1562
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (510 p.)

Dürrenmatt's apparently conflicting statements about his central concerns have baffled scholars attempting to interpret his works. In his critical approach to Dürrenmatt, Timo Tiusanen emphasizes the author's relation to the theater, and analyzes the thirteen original stage plays, eight radio plays, and five adaptations, using the special concept of "scenic image" developed in an earlier study of O'Neill. Four books by Dürrenmatt on the theater and politics are related to the dramatist's creative practice, and his six books of prose are also carefully considered. Exploring the writer's career to reconcile conflicting attitudes that have been taken toward his work, Timo Tiusanen sees Dürrenmatt's writings as representing a persistent effort to express artistically a paradoxical view of the world.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: A Host of Dürrenmatts -- PART ONE: Entering the Stage -- 1. Early Prose Works: A Dead End -- 2. Poetry in Picture Books: It Is Written, The Blind Man -- PART TWO: A Creative Outburst -- 3. A Judge of His Own Case: Romulus the Great -- 4. Don Quixote in a Broken Mirror: The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi -- 6. Nature Behind the Scenes: Three Novels -- 7. The Absolute Grotesque Takes Over: A Dangerous Game, The Pledge -- 8. More Than a Reservoir of Themes: Radio Plays -- 9. A Judge of His Own Craft: Writings On The Theater -- 10. All Roads Lead to Guellen: The Visit -- PART THREE: Victories and Defeats -- 11. Freedom Among the Gangsters: Frank V -- 12. Doctoring a Hopeless Patient: The Physicists -- 13. The Other Half of the Paradox: Hercules, The Meteor -- 14. His Own Dramaturge: The Anabaptists -- 15. "Strindmatt or Dürrenberg?": Play Strindberg -- 16. Shake-Scening the Barbs: Four Adaptations -- 17. Cosmic and Underground Visions: Portrait of a Planet, The Partaker -- 18. Models of the State: Five Prose Works -- Conclusion: Dürrenmatt and the Stage -- Appendix: A List of Works -- Bibliography -- Index