Osborne Gerhard Hauptmann and the Naturalist Drama

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-135-29359-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

What was German Naturalism? What were its achievements? How does it compare with its counterparts in other European countries?

These are some of the difficult questions addressed by John Osborne in Gerhart Hauptmann and the Naturalist Drama, a revised and updated version of his The Naturalist Drama in Germany, now widely acknowledged as the standard introduction to the subject. The debates to which he contributed, and in some cases initiated, on Naturalism in the German theatre, Naturalist theory in Germany, and the development of the Naturalist movement to the contemporary Social Democrat movement, have remained central issues. This revised edition preserves the structure and approach of the original, including its emphasis on the early dramas of Hauptmann, while taking full account of subsequent scholarship which provides the context in which this Naturalist playwright's work can be placed.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Osborne, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the Series

Preface

Part 1 - History and Theory

1. The first steps to Naturalism 2. Naturalism and the theatre: From Heinrich Hart to Otto Brahm 3. Naturalism in Theory: Arno Holz 4. Naturalism and Socialism

Part 2 - Gerhart Hauptmann in Context

5. Vor Sonnenaufgang 6. Das Friedenfest 7. Einsame Menschen 8. Die Weber 9. The Naturalist comedy 10. Some later dramas 11. The dramatic style of Naturalism

Appendix 1 - Plays presented by the Freie Bühne

Appendix 2 - Plays presented by the Volksbühnen, 1890-5

Select Bibliography

Index