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Chapter 27 - Brecht Editions

from Part III - The World’s Brecht

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2021

Stephen Brockmann
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
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This article examines the development of German-language Brecht editions, beginning with the first series of Brecht works, Versuche (1930–1933), which emphasized the experimental nature of Brecht’s work.This was followed by the the Gesammelte Werke (Collected Works, 1938) with the Malik Publishing Company, which served as a protective shield against Nazi efforts to wipe Brecht out.After World War II Brecht initiated a new publication, organized by genres, with Suhrkamp in 1953 and Aufbau in 1955.This edition was edited by Brecht’s collaborator Elisabeth Hauptmann and grew to encompass forty volumes.The 1967 Suhrkamp edition became particularly significant for spreading Brecht’s work among West German student radicals of the 1960s and 1970s.Finally, the most current and only real critical edition is the Berlin-Frankfurt edition (BFA, 1988–2000), which for the first time gives readers insight into the entirety of Brecht’s work.The edition of Brecht’s Notizbücher (notebooks), begun in 2010, is ongoing.The article explores how these editions got their start, how they were conceived, what they achieved, and what limitations they had. The most important question is the extent to which any static print edition of Brecht’s work can illuminate the living, changing processes of Brecht’s interests, methods, and approaches.

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Print publication year: 2021

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