{"product_id":"routledge-revivals-peter-brooker-9781138245129","title":"Routledge Revivals: Bertolt Brecht: Dialectics, Poetry, Politics (1988)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1988, this books argues with received accounts to reclaim Brecht's emphasis on his self-described 'dialectical theatre', re-examining firstly the concepts of \u003ci\u003eGestus \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVerfremdung\u003c\/i\u003e and their realisation in Brecht's poetry in terms of his attempt to consciously apply the methods of dialectical materialism to art and cultural practice. The author also takes issue with the customary view of Brecht's career and politics which sees him as compromising either with Communist party dogma or bourgeois aesthetics, to find developing parallels between Brecht's political and artistic though and the critical dialectics of Marx, Lenin and Mao. This development is examined in later chapters in relation to the early and late plays, \u003ci\u003eThe Measures Taken\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDays of the Commune\u003c\/i\u003e as well as in relation to Brecht's changed circumstances in the years of war-time exile and in post-war East Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Brooker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138245127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138245129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Peter Brooker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48113269866751,"sku":"9781138245129","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4255c164-c73b-43ad-b75e-897c1ccdfff9.jpg?v=1769613999","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/routledge-revivals-peter-brooker-9781138245129","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}