Verwisch die Spuren: Brecht's Work and Legacy (Institute of Modern Languages Research)

Benito Arias Montano (1527-1598), of the Order of Santiago, theologian, exegete, orientalist, humanist, representative of Spain at the Council of Trent and trusted political and religious adviser of Philip II, was perhaps the most famous Spanish scholar of his age. His chief monument is the great Antwerp Polyglot Bible in eight volumes, published by Plantin between 1569 and 1573, compiled under the supervision of Montano, with an apparatus largely written by him. This book is concerned with lesser-known but important aspects of Monano’s activity, his contacts with Netherlandish scholars of uncertain orthodoxy, his membership of the sect of Familists and his clandestine influence in the spread of Erasmianism in Spain. Based on a corpus of over six hundred surviving letters, it reviews Montano’s life from the point of view of his eirenic activities, and provides appendices with extracts from his correspondence, a list of documents cited and of his published and unpublished works. "Verwisch die Spuren!" Bertolt Brecht's Work and Legacy Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introductory Note Klaus-Detlef Müller Der antiaristotelische Roman: Brechts Beitrag zum Roman der klassischen Moderne Peter Hutchinson Uncomfortable, Unsettling, Alienating: Brecht's Poetry of the Unexpected Martin Swales "Theatre that shows..."? Reflections on Brecht's Importance as a Dramatist Ernest Schonfield Brecht and the Modern Picaresque Marielle Sutherland Brecht’s Die Kleinbürgerhochzeit: A Stück Coming Unstuck? Michael Patterson Brecht’s Debt to Theatrical Expressionism Frank Krause Von Kaiser zu Brecht: Drama und Prosa Steve Giles Photography and Representation in Kracauer, Brechtand Benjamin Erdmut Wizisla Walter Benjamin und Bertolt Brecht: Bericht über eineKonstellation Ulrike Zitzlsperger Bertolt Brecht: Stadtraum und Architektur Andrew Webber "Unbewohnbar und doch unverlaßbar": Brecht inand through Berlin Tom Kuhn Poetry and Photography: Mastering Reality in the Kriegsfibel Ronald Speirs Poetry in Dark Times: Brecht’s Svendborger Gedichte John White and Ann White The Songs and Poems of Brecht’s Furcht und Elend Complex Hans-Harald Müller Brechts Leben des Galilei: Eine Interpretation zweier Dramen Stephen Parker Brecht and Sinn und Form: Generating Cultural Capital in the Cold War David Midgley "Zwei Hände Erde": Brecht on Mortality Karen Leeder "Des toten Dichters gedenkend": Remembering Brecht in Contemporary German Poetry Martin Brady Brecht in Brechtian Cinema Godela Weiss-Sussex “A Ridiculous Thing to Do”: Yvonne Kapp and Brecht in Translation Robert Gillett Iconoclast or Acolyte? GG Plays BB Authors in this Volume Index This volume presents a cross-section of current Brecht studies, reflecting a variety of approaches and perspectives ranging from detailed exegesis of particular texts to cultural criticism in the broadest sense. It provides analyses of Brecht's work and investigates his pervasive influence in 20th century literature. The studies collected here cover the whole of Brecht's career, from the early one-acter Kleinbürgerhochzeit of 1919 to the Sinn und Form years immediately preceding his death, as well as his use of tradition and his legacy. By way of redressing a tendency in Brecht reception to regard him mainly as a dramatist, the volume covers novels, poetry, film, photography, journalism and theory as well as plays