John Willett (1) (1917–2002)
Autore di L'Avanguardia europea. Anni Venti a Mosca e a Weimar
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Opere di John Willett
Methuen Drama Modern Classics : The resistible rise of Arturo Ui {Manheim} (1981) — A cura di — 63 copie
Brecht Plays 7 : 1942-1946 : The visions of Simone Machard {Rank} + Schweyk in the second world war {Rowlinson} + The… (1974) — A cura di — 57 copie
Brecht Plays 5 : Life of Galileo + Mother Courage and her children (1995) — Editor, Translator — 54 copie
Methuen Drama Modern Classics : The good person of Szechwan {Willet} (1985) — Editor, Translator — 42 copie
Brecht : Collected plays : Volume 7 : The Visions of Simone Machard + Schweyk in the Second World War + The Caucasian… (1975) — A cura di — 37 copie
Brecht Plays 6 : The good person of Szechwan {Willett} + The resistible rise of Arturo Ui {Manheim} + Mr Puntila and… (1994) — Editor, Translator — 37 copie
Brecht : Collected plays : Volume 9 : The tutor + Coriolanus + The trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen 1431 + Trumpets and… (1972) — A cura di — 37 copie
Berliner Ensemble Adaptations : The tutor {Manheim/Sauerlander} + Coriolanus {Manheim} + The trial of Joan of Arc at… (2014) — Notes — 5 copie
Collected Short Stories of Bertolt Brecht by Bertolt Brecht (29-Jan-2015) Paperback (1600) — A cura di — 2 copie
Brecht on Theatre The Development on an Aesthetic — Editor and Translator — 1 copia
El Teatro de Bertolt Brecht 1 copia
Bertolt Brecht Poems. Part Three 1938-1956 — A cura di — 1 copia
Opere correlate
Brecht : Collected plays : Volume 1 : Baal + Drums in the night + In the jungle of cities + The life of Edward II of… (1994) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 111 copie
The rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny + The seven deadly sins [librettos] (1979) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 54 copie
Methuen Student Editions : Brecht : The threepenny opera {Manheim/Willet} : 2015 (2015) — Traduttore — 33 copie
Methuen Student Editions : Brecht : The good person of Szechwan {Willett} (2009) — Traduttore — 20 copie
Methuen Student Editions : Brecht : The threepenny opera {Manheim/Willet} : 2022 (2022) — Traduttore — 3 copie
Barry Humphries' Weimar Cabaret [programme] — Traduttore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Willett, John William Mills
- Data di nascita
- 1917-06-24
- Data di morte
- 2002-08-20
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Attività lavorative
- translator
scholar - Relazioni
- Martin, Chris (great grandson)
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 28
- Opere correlate
- 19
- Utenti
- 872
- Popolarità
- #29,354
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 74
- Lingue
- 5
“ . . . a new realism that sought methods of dealing both with real subjects and with real human needs, a sharply critical view of existing society and individuals, and a determination to master new media and discover new collective approaches to the communication of artistic concepts.”
He labels it “a new development of that mighty European renaissance in the arts that can be said to have begun with the French Fauves in 1905.”
But the productivity of the Weimar period, he argues, can be attributed mostly to the younger generation, those born no earlier than 1893. They were also the group most affected when the world war broke out. It was not only the shocks of the war experience that shaped them, but the Russian and German revolutions, all of which contributed to the transformation of art. For the few years of the Weimar period, the author argues, the arts of the European avant-garde began to have “an audience, a function, a unity, a vital core.”
That is, the “hateful pressures, largely unique to Germany” gave these young artists an uncompromising sense of urgency which was “often electrifying.”
He then describes in detail what made this period so unique, and the lessons we might take away from it in our polarized world today.… (altro)