Bertolt Brecht in Context

Introduction Stephen Brockmann; Part II. Brecht's World: 1. Brecht's Augsburg years Jürgen Hillesheim; 2. Models for epic theater from the Munich years: Wedekind and Valentin Meg Mumford; 3. Brecht in the Weimar republic Ronald Speirs; 4. Brecht's emergence as a young poet Dorothee Ostmeier; 5. Brecht and music: the fly in the amber Joachim Lucchesi; 6. Brecht and political theater Laura Bradley; 7. Brecht and Germany Stephen Brockmann; 8. '[She] made suggestions. We took them': Brecht's women collaborators Paula Hanssen; 9. Brecht's interviews Noah Willumsen; 10. Brecht and exile Johannes Evelein; 11. Brecht and the German Democratic Republic Mark Clark; 12. The Berliner Ensemble David Barnett; Part II. Brecht's Work: 13. The work of the theater Marc Silberman; 14. Brecht and Marxism Anthony Squiers; 15. Brecht and photography Tom Kuhn; 16. Brecht and film: medium and masses Theodore F. Rippey; 17. Brecht and fiction Ernest Schonfield; 18. Gestus in context Sabine Hake; 19. Brecht's ethics Markus Wessendorf; 20. Brecht and dialectics Joseph Dial; 21. Brecht and east Asia Antony Tatlow; 22. Brecht's work with musical composers Vera Stegmann; Part III. The World's Brecht: 23. Brecht and feminism Helen Fehervary; 24. Brecht in southern Africa Loren Kruger; 25. Brecht in the creation, production, and analysis of opera today Joy Calico; 26. Brecht and his biographers Jost Hermand; 27. Brecht editions Erdmut Wizisla; 28. Brecht and German studies Hunter Bivens; 29. Beginning where Brecht left off: Heiner Müller and Brecht's legacy Janine Ludwig; 30. Bertolt Brecht in Brazil Jürgen Pelzer; 31. World spirit versus spirit of the age: Brecht's impact and influence on East German literature and culture Kerstin Hensel; 32. Brecht in fiction Robert Cohen; 33. Brecht and contemporary experimental theater Nikolaus Müller-Schöll; 34. Brecht and US actor training Wendy Arons; 35. Brecht and transcultural theater Günther Heeg; 36. Thinking Brecht in(to) the university Norman Roessler; 37. 'Shrunk in translation' or: the (Ir)resistible rise of the old traduttore/traditore tradition.... Michael Morley.