Bertolt Brecht and the David fragments (1919-1921): an interdisciplinary study

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on the Text -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Brecht's David Fragments -- Brecht and the Bible -- Brecht's David in Fragments -- Left for Dead: Forgetting Brecht's D...

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Authors: Shepherd, David 1972- (Author) ; Johnson, Nicholas 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2020
In: Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies (699)
Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Shepherd, David, 1972-, Bertolt Brecht and the David fragments (1919-1921) : an interdisciplinary study] (2023) (Gillmayr-Bucher, Susanne, 1962 -)
[Rezension von: Shepherd, David, 1972-, Bertolt Brecht and the David fragments (1919-1921) : an interdisciplinary study] (2022) (Schöpflin, Karin, 1956 -)
Series/Journal:Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies Old Testament studies 699
Scriptural traces: critical perspectives on the reception and influence of the Bible 26
Further subjects:B Fragmentation reactions
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9780567685643
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Summary:Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- A Note on the Text -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Brecht's David Fragments -- Brecht and the Bible -- Brecht's David in Fragments -- Left for Dead: Forgetting Brecht's David Fragments -- The Bible and Its Survival/Afterlife -- The Survival of Samuel and the After/Laterlife of Brecht's David -- Bringing Brecht's David to Life: Translation, Performance and Survival -- Chapter 1. The David Fragments in Translation -- Preface to the Translation -- The David Fragments: A1-A8 -- The David Fragments: B1-B11 -- Previously Uncollected David Fragments -- Chapter 2. Brecht's David and the Biblical David: Uriah, Bathsheba, Absalom and Jesse -- Brecht and David: A Question of Character -- Uriah (and Bathsheba) -- Absalom -- Jesse -- Chapter 3. Brecht's David and the Biblical David: Jonathan, Saul and David -- Jonathan -- Saul -- David -- Chapter 4. Brecht's David and Other Adaptations: Feuchtwanger, zarek and Gide -- David and Saul on Stage -- Lion Feuchtwanger's König Saul -- Otto Zarek's David -- André Gide's Saül -- Chapter 5. The David Fragments in Practice and Performance -- Clearing the Stage: David in Germany (1995) -- Setting the Stage: David and Practice-as-Research in Ireland -- Preparing the Stage: The David Fragments Workshops (2015-2017) -- On Stage: The David Fragments (2017) -- Beyond the Stage: Impacts and Absences -- Concluding Reflections: After David -- Entangled Lives: The David Fragments, the Biblical David and the Young Brecht -- Entangled Methods: Theatre/Brecht Studies and Biblical Reception Studies -- Entangled Afterlives: Goliath and the Survival of Brecht's David -- Bibliography -- Bertolt Brecht's works -- Other Works Cited -- Index of References -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects.
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ISBN:0567685659