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