Edinburgh German Yearbook 5 Brecht and the Gdr: Politics, Culture, Posterity

(G)uides readers through a complex world . . . . I emerged from (reading) the book energized and excited, with several resolutions and new insights. . . . (The volume) not only fill(s) a gap in the discussion of Brecht after 1949, but also . . . propels Brecht's critiques into an unknown future. . . . This book offers one of (the) keys to a vast collection of Brecht scholarship. BRECHT YEARBOOKBR> (B)oth useful and usable. Readers unfamiliar with Brecht's "Wirkung" in the GDR can use it as a starting point for further inquiry, but it also points out directions in Brecht research that will offer new perspectives for experts in fields such as Brecht's theatrical and musical legacy or his late poetry. . . . (L)ay(s) to rest any claims that Brecht's influence on German culture is on the decline. GERMAN QUARTERLY (A) reliable source of information on aspects of (Brecht's) complex life and work in the GDR, the way in which his legacy was "managed," and his influence on posterity. . . . We shall never know the exact nature of Brecht's ambivalent relationship with the GDR, but this volume provides us with some interesting angles. Many of the scholars featured here have worked on, or are completing, larger studies of the topics they consider, and the result is therefore authoritative and often new. JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN STUDIES (G)uides readers through a complex world . . . . I emerged from (reading) the book energized and excited, with several resolutions and new insights. . . . (The volume) not only fill(s) a gap in the discussion of Brecht after 1949, but also . . . propels Brecht's critiques into an unknown future. . . . This book offers one of (the) keys to a vast collection of Brecht scholarship. BRECHT YEARBOOK