Book contents
- Brecht and Tragedy
- Classics After Antiquity
- Brecht and Tragedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Texts and Translations
- Introduction: Radicalism, Traditionalism, Eristics
- Part I Point of Contact 1948
- Part II Positionings
- 5 The Other Other: Brecht’s Asia
- 6 Naturalism and Related Diseases
- 7 Schiller: Rival and Inspiration
- 8 Comedy and the Comic
- 9 Shakespeare and the Road Beyond Tragedy
- Part III Comparatist Explorations
- Bibliography
- Index
9 - Shakespeare and the Road Beyond Tragedy
from Part II - Positionings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2021
- Brecht and Tragedy
- Classics After Antiquity
- Brecht and Tragedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Texts and Translations
- Introduction: Radicalism, Traditionalism, Eristics
- Part I Point of Contact 1948
- Part II Positionings
- 5 The Other Other: Brecht’s Asia
- 6 Naturalism and Related Diseases
- 7 Schiller: Rival and Inspiration
- 8 Comedy and the Comic
- 9 Shakespeare and the Road Beyond Tragedy
- Part III Comparatist Explorations
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The 'genius' shakespeare has a unique position for brecht and continues to be one of his (few) life-long artistic companions. Of particular interest here is brecht's adaptation of shakespeare's coriolanus, including his translation, which shows remarkable poetic skills but also points to ways of overcoming the tragic impasse and traditonal tragedy's (unproductive) focus on the (disposable) individual by showing the transformational power of collectives.
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- Brecht and TragedyRadicalism, Traditionalism, Eristics, pp. 274 - 288Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021