Munich and Theatrical Modernism: Politics, Playwriting, and Performance, 1890-1914 - Softcover

Jelavich, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674588363 ISBN 13: 9780674588363

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This is the first cultural exploration of playwriting, directing, acting, and theater architecture in fin-de-siècle Munich. Peter Jelavich examines the commercial, political, and cultural tensions that fostered modernism's artistic revolt against the classical and realistic modes of nineteenth-century drama.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Jelavich's lively account of the interaction of elite and popular culture in the theater of turn-of-the-century Munich is a penetrating study of that avant-garde movement, as well as an important contribution toward understanding the political and commercial determinants of the rise of modernism.

About the Author:

Peter Jelavich is Professor of History, University of Texas, Austin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0674588363
• ISBN 13: 9780674588363
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424