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Bereits früh rezensierten österreichische Zeitungen Werke von Bertolt Brecht. Dieses Buch subsumiert erstmals Bertolt Brechts vielseitige Kontakte zu Wien. Seine Stücke wurden erfolgreich im renommi……続きを見る

L’écriture de Michèle Fabien (1945-1999) s’enracine dans la dynamique intellectuelle et culturelle des années 1960/70, tout en se plongeant dans les enjeux et questionnements de la belgitude et du N……続きを見る

Dieser Sammelband ist als Festschrift für den großen Lusitanisten Henry Thorau zu seinem 65. Geburtstag entstanden. Er bietet vielfältige Gedanken und originelle Analysen zu angolanischen, brasilian……続きを見る

This book presents a new approach to early English theatre by exposing a genuine relationship between monastic performances and theatricality. It argues that modern theatre was reinvented in Anglo-S……続きを見る

This book offers a collection of essays in literary and cultural studies. The articles explore a wide range of distinct problems and texts with the aim to question the already known and to interroga……続きを見る

Cruel Britannia: Sarah Kane’s Postmodern Traumatics examines four plays by British playwright Sarah Kane (1971–1999), all written between 1995 and 1999 within the context of the «Cool Britannia», or……続きを見る

Die theaterwissenschaftliche Studie reflektiert die Aufgabenstellung, Funktion und Problematik der Dramaturgen im Spannungsfeld von Theaterkunst und Kulturpolitik in der DDR. In der konzeptuellen «D……続きを見る

The Amharc Éireann film series (literally translated as Views/Visions of Ireland) was a cultural nationalist project sponsored by Gael Linn, an organization whose mandate was the revitalization of t……続きを見る

The discourse on Physiognomy had an important influence and impact on European theatrical culture at the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries. The book discusses the d……続きを見る

Peter Brook and Ariane Mnouchkine are among the most important directors in recent theatre history. This book focuses on two of their landmark productions, Mahabharata (1985) and Les Atrides (1992–1……続きを見る

Los ensayos que aquí se presentan mantienen un enfoque comparativo en el que los dos términos principales son el origen de la novela realista inglesa del período inmediatamente anterior a Defoe y Ri……続きを見る

In Literatur und Medien sind Bahnhöfe, Flughäfen, Häfen, Parkplätze (und die damit assoziierten Verkehrsmittel) allgegenwärtig. Das gilt auch für Flüchtlingslager und deren Umgebungen. Angesichts tr……続きを見る

Der Herausgeber dokumentiert, kommentiert und analysiert erstmals den Hamburger Theaterskandal von 1801. Damals kam es zu einer offenen Rebellion des Publikums gegen die fünf Direktoren der Bühne. L……続きを見る

The author presents the method of research and creation in dance and theater in Brazil, called Bailarino-Pesquisador-Intérprete (Dancer-Researcher-Performer, BPI), which was created by the author he……続きを見る

Drawing on recently released or previously neglected archive material, this book is the first dedicated to the stage career of Cicely Hamilton (1872–1952). Best known for her work with the women’s s……続きを見る

What’s the role played by the invisible in our lives? At what level can it be perceived when explored in theatre-making? Having as its focus the acting processes carried out by Peter Brook and his a……続きを見る

Das algerische Kino begleitet die Geschichte des Landes seit dem Unabhängigkeitskrieg. Es reflektiert Entwicklungen und Probleme des modernen Algerien, dessen enge und konfliktreiche Beziehung zu Fr……続きを見る

The swimming pool frequently appears in film not merely as a setting but as a dynamic site where social, political, cultural and aesthetic forces converge. What is it about this space that has so fa……続きを見る

The essays included in this book offer an overview of literary works, films, TV series, and computer games, which reflect current social and political developments since the beginning of this centur……続きを見る

Mr. Turbulent (1682) is an anonymous city comedy which starred popular comic actors and young actresses of great appeal. The play was produced in the immediate aftermath of the Exclusion Crisis. Thi……続きを見る

In 1927, the first production of Pygmalion was staged in Brazil. At the time, over 65 per cent of the adult Brazilian population was illiterate, which makes it all the more surprising that directors……続きを見る

The essays in this volume explore interartistic connections in Irish literature, drama, film and the visual arts. Within modern and postmodern culture, innovation is often driven by surprising inter……続きを見る

This volume delves into the study of the American West from a Spanish perspective. Starting from the premise that the West as a geographical space and as a concept is undergoing a profound revision ……続きを見る

This book examines performative practices of the ancient Romans, and provides fresh insights into the contexts of the Roman theater. Today the ancient theater is associated more with Greece than wit……続きを見る

Die Studie betrachtet die Figur des Nomadischen und ihre Verwendung im europäischen Film anhand ausgewählter Filme von Wenders, Antonioni und Rohmer. Zielsetzung ist die Beschreibung und Analyse des……続きを見る

The book offers an invaluable introduction to the topic of the representation of alcohol in literature and film from antiquity to the present. The first part deals with literature and includes a gen……続きを見る

The book focuses on different uses of the concepts of utopia, dystopia, and anti-utopia. The author analyses literature, cinema, and rock music, as well as scientific and legal motifs in utopian fic……続きを見る

En 1798, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, uno de los más reconocidos autores del neoclasicismo español, publica la traducción de Hamlet. Su versión marca un hito en la recepción de la obra de William S……続きを見る

This book examines small cinemas and their presentation of society in times of crisis and conflict from an interdisciplinary and intercultural point of view. The authors concentrate on economic, soc……続きを見る

Der Band erfasst die Simultanität von religiösen und säkularen Diskursen im Werk von Pier Paolo Pasolini. Ausgehend von Pasolinis theoretischen und gesellschaftspolitischen Schriften analysiert die ……続きを見る