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.

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• 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

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.

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• 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

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.

Select Guide Rating

• 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