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Kafka first made the acquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when
she was translating his early short prose into Czech, and their
relationship quickly developed into a deep attachment. Such was his
feeling for her that Kafka showed her his diaries and, in doing so,
laid bare his heart and his conscience. Milena, for her part, was
passionate and intrepid, cool and intelligent in her decisions but
reckless when her emotions were involved. Kafka once described her
as living her life 'so intensely down to such depths'. If she did
suffer through him, it was part of her great appetite for life.
However while at times Milena's 'genius for living' gave Kafka new
life, it ultimately exhausted him, and their relationship was to
last little over two years. In 1924 Kafka died in a sanatorium near
Vienna, and Milena died in 1944 at the hands of the Nazis, leaving
these letters as a moving record of their relationship.
Brecht projects an ancient Chinese story onto a realistic setting
in Soviet Georgia. In a theme that echoes the Judgment of Solomon,
two women argue over the possession of a child. Thanks to the
unruly judge, Azdak (one of Brecht's most vivid creations) natural
justice is done and the peasant Grusha keeps the child she loves,
even though she is not its mother. Written while Brecht was in
exile in the United States during the Second World War, The
Caucasian Chalk Circle is a politically charged, much-revived and
complex example of Brecht's epic theatre. This new Student Edition
contains introductory commentary and notes by Kristopher Imbrigotta
from the University of Puget Sound, US, offering a much-needed
contemporary perspective on the play. The introduction covers: -
narrative structure: play about a play within a play ("circle") -
songs and music - justice and social systems - context: Brecht,
exile, WWII, socialism - notions of collective and class - fable
and story adaptation, folk fairy tale
Written in exile during the Second World War, the story of Brecht's
classic play subverts an ancient Chinese tale - echoed in the
Judgement of Solomon - in which two women claim the same child. The
message of Brecht's parable is that resources should go to those
who will make best use of them. Thanks to the rascally judge,
Azdak, one of Brecht's most vivid creations, this story has a happy
outcome: the child is entrusted to the peasant Grusha, who has
loved and nurtured it.Published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics
series, this edition features an extensive introduction, Brecht's
own notes on the play and a full appendix of textual variants. It
is the standard critical edition of the work in an acclaimed
translation by James and Tania Stern with W. H. Auden.
Published by Methuen Drama, the collected dramatic works of Bertolt
Brecht are presented in the most comprehensive and authoritative
editions of Brecht's plays in the English language. The seventh
volume of Brecht's Collected Plays contains the plays which Brecht
wrote during his six-year stay in the United States from 1942 to
1948. The Visions of Simone Machard is a French resistance version
of the Joan of Arc story. Schweyk in the Second World War
transposes Hasek's 'good soldier' to the Prague of Hitler and
Heydrich. The Caucasian Chalk Circle, based on the biblical story
of the judgement of Solomon, was originally written for production
on Broadway, with W. H. Auden responsible for the verse. A morality
masterpiece, the play powerfully demonstrates Brecht's pioneering
theatrical techniques and has since become one of his most popular
works. The translations are ideal for both study and performance.
The volume is accompanied by a full introduction and notes by the
series editor John Willett and includes Brecht's own notes and
relevant texts as well as all the important textual variants.
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