The Brecht Yearbook / Das Brecht-Jahrbuch 40 (Brecht Yearbook, 40)

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Newest volume of the central scholarly forum for discussion of Brecht and aspects of theater and literature of particular interest to him, especially the politics of literature and theater in a global context.

Now published for the International Brecht Society by Camden House under the Society's editorship, the Brecht Yearbook is the central scholarly forum for discussion of the life and work of Bertolt Brecht and of aspects of theater and literature that were of particular interest to him, especially the politics of literature and theater in a global context. The Yearbook welcomes a wide variety of perspectives and approaches, and, like Brecht himself, it is committed to the use value of literature, theater, and theory.
Volume 40 features new research on Brechtian concepts of temporality and the apparatus , as well as articles on the "Bilder aus der Kriegsfibel" , the poem "Die Nachtlager" , Brecht and Peruvian theater , early Brecht productions in Australia , and Brecht and Karl Kraus . Biographically oriented pieces focus on Brecht and the Chinese author Feng Zhi and an unpublished letter to Brecht from 1918 . Special contents include a portfolio of drawings by DieterGoltzsche, with a brief introduction by the artist, a tribute to Sara Joffré, a brief set of texts related to the exchanges between Hanns Eisler and Hans Bunge, introduced by Sabine Berendse, and an open letter to Brecht from Hans-Thies Lehmann and Helene Varopoulou.

Theodore F. Rippey is Associate Professor of German at Bowling Green State University.