E-Book, Englisch, 510 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Tiusanen Durrenmatt
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7146-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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A Study in Plays, Prose, Theory
E-Book, Englisch, 510 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7146-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Dürrenmatt's apparently conflicting statements about his central concerns have baffled scholars attempting to interpret his works. In his critical approach to Dürrenmatt, Timo Tiusanen emphasizes the author's relation to the theater, and analyzes the thirteen original stage plays, eight radio plays, and five adaptations, using the special concept of "scenic image" developed in an earlier study of O'Neill. Four books by Dürrenmatt on the theater and politics are related to the dramatist's creative practice, and his six books of prose are also carefully considered. Exploring the writer's career to reconcile conflicting attitudes that have been taken toward his work, Timo Tiusanen sees Dürrenmatt's writings as representing a persistent effort to express artistically a paradoxical view of the world.
Originally published in 1978.
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Frontmatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. v
Preface, pg. vii
Abbreviations, pg. x
List of Illustrations, pg. xii
Introduction: A Host of Dürrenmatts, pg. 1
1. Early Prose Works: A Dead End, pg. 31
2. Poetry in Picture Books: It Is Written, The Blind Man, pg. 43
3. A Judge of His Own Case: Romulus the Great, pg. 73
4. Don Quixote in a Broken Mirror: The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi, pg. 93
6. Nature Behind the Scenes: Three Novels, pg. 127
7. The Absolute Grotesque Takes Over: A Dangerous Game, The Pledge, pg. 149
8. More Than a Reservoir of Themes: Radio Plays, pg. 176
9. A Judge of His Own Craft: Writings On The Theater, pg. 202
10. All Roads Lead to Guellen: The Visit, pg. 223
11. Freedom Among the Gangsters: Frank V, pg. 255
12. Doctoring a Hopeless Patient: The Physicists, pg. 266
13. The Other Half of the Paradox: Hercules, The Meteor, pg. 287
14. His Own Dramaturge: The Anabaptists, pg. 309
15. "Strindmatt or Dürrenberg?": Play Strindberg, pg. 322
16. Shake-Scening the Barbs: Four Adaptations, pg. 336
17. Cosmic and Underground Visions: Portrait of a Planet, The Partaker, pg. 366
18. Models of the State: Five Prose Works, pg. 379
Conclusion: Dürrenmatt and the Stage, pg. 417
Appendix: A List of Works, pg. 441
Bibliography, pg. 443
Index, pg. 469
