Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children
Author: Brecht B
ISBN: 9780413492708
Edition: 1ST - 1983
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This Student Edition of Brecht's Anti-War Masterpiece Features an Extensive Introduction and Commentary That Includes a Plot Summary, Discussion of the Context, Themes, Characters, Style and Language As Well As Questions for Further Study and Notes on Words and Phrases in the Text. It is the Perfect Edition for Students of Theatre and Literature.In This Chronicle of the Thirty Years War of the Seventeenth Century, Mother Courage Follows the Armies Back and Forth Across Europe, Selling Provisions and Liquor From Her Canteen Wagon. As the Action of the Play Progresses Between the Years 1624 and 1646 She Loses Her Children to the War but Remains Indomitable, Refusing to Part With Her Livelihood - the Wagon. the Play is One of the Most Celebrated Examples of Epic Theatre and of Brecht's Use of Alienation Effect to Focus Attention on the Issues of the Play Above the Individual Characters. It Remains Regarded As One of the Greatest Plays of the Twentieth Century and One of the Great Anti-War
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Weight:
0.135 kgDepartment:
AcademicGroup:
Plays, PlayscriptsCategory:
Print BooksAuthor:
Brecht BPublisher:
BOOK PROMOTIONSISBN:
9780413492708Edition:
1ST - 1983Estimated Delivery:
Within 4–6 business days
