Georg Buchner: The Major Works

A Norton Critical Edition

AvGeorg Büchner,Matthew Wilson Smith

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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The Georg Büchner Prize is the highest literary honor for German language writers, and the full extent of Büchner’s influence—from Gerhart Hauptmann to Christa Wolf, Max Reinhardt to Robert Wilson, Alban Berg to Tom Waits—defies cataloging.When Georg Büchner died in 1837 at the age of twenty-three, he left behind a small and heterogenous body of work, most of it unpublished: three plays, a novella, a political pamphlet, a dissertation, medical lectures, and letters. Matthew Wilson Smith has newly translated Büchner’s introduction to On Cranial Nerves. Each text is accompanied by explanatory annotations. The editor’s introduction examines the complexities of Büchner’s short life and how they informed his writing. The volume also contains ten illustrations.“Contexts” includes Büchner’s correspondence with the people who knew him best, impressions of Büchner from a fellow medical student, excerpts from Büchner’s diary, the wanted poster calling for Büchner’s arrest for political conspiracy as well as the real-life inspirations his novella, Lenz, and his best-known play, Woyzeck.For ease of reference, “Criticism” is topically arranged by work and includes assessments by, among others, Laura Ginters, Victor Brombert, Bertolt Brecht, Henry Schmidt, Andrew Webber, Rainer Maria Rilke, and George Steiner. Three accounts of important productions of Danton’s Death are reprinted, including John Houseman’s remarks on Orson Welles’s staging. Finally, the speeches of four winners of the Georg Büchner Prize—Paul Celan, Christa Wolf, Heiner Müller, and Durs Grünbein—are reprinted in their entirety.A Chronology of Büchner’s life and work and a Selected Bibliography are also included.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-04-05
Mått:132 x 213 x 23 mm
Vikt:405 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Norton Critical Editions
Antal sidor:432
Förlag:WW Norton & Co
ISBN:9780393933512
Översättare:Henry Schmidt

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Matthew Wilson Smith is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Cornell University. He is the author of The Total Work of Art: From Bayreuth to Cyberspace.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations IntroductionAcknowledgmentsThe Texts of Büchner’s Major WorksThe Hessian MessengerDanton’s DeathLenzLeonce and LenaWoyzeckA ReconstructionThe DraftsIntroduction to On Cranial Nerves(translated by Matthew Wilson Smith)ContextsSelected LettersKarl Vogt • [Impression of the Giessen Student Georg Büchner]Wanted PosterJohann Friedrich Oberlin • From Pastor Oberlin’s DiaryJohann Christian August Clarus • From The Legal Accountability of the Murderer Johann Christian WoyzeckCaroline Schulz • From Diary Account of Büchner’s Last DaysCriticismGENERALHerbert Lindenberger • Forebears, Descendants, and Contemporary Kin: Büchner and Literary TraditionLaura Ginters • Georg Büchner—A Selective Stage HistoryThe Hessian MessengerHans Magnus Enzensberger • [The Hessian Messenger in the Political Context of 1964]Victor Brombert • [Büchner and Rhetoric]Danton’s DeathBertolt Brecht • [On Danton’s Death]Edward McInnes • Skepticism, Ideology, and History in Büchner’s Dantons TodHenry J. Schmidt • Women, Death, and RevolutionAccounts of Three ProductionsErnst Stern • [On Max Reinhardt’s Danton’s Death]John Houseman • [On Orson Welles’s Danton’s Death]Richard Thomas • Wilson, Danton, and MeLenzErika Swales • Büchner, LenzLeonce and LenaThomas Bernhard • Leonce and Lena: Tragic Comedy by Georg BüchnerAndrew Webber • Büchner, Leonce und LenaWoyzeckRainer Maria Rilke • [On Woyzeck]George Steiner • [Woyzeck and Lear]John A. McCarthy • Some Aspects of Imagery in Büchner’s WoyzeckJohn Reddick • Natur and KunstPeter J. Schwartz • Clarus, Woyzeck, and the Politics of AccountabilityFour Georg Büchner Prize TalksPaul Celan • The MeridianChrista Wolf • Speaking of BüchnerHeiner Müller • The Wounded WoyzeckDurs Grünbein • Breaking the BodyGeorg Büchner: A ChronologySelected Bibliography