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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 832.912
EAN: 9780143105282
ISBN: 0143105280
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: December 18, 2007
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Studio: Penguin Classics
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Mother Courage and Her Children is a classic in the repertory of Western theater. Written in response to the outbreak of World War II, this chronicle play of the Thirty Years War follows one of Brechts most enduring characters, Courage, as she trails the armies across Europe, selling provisions from her canteen wagon. However, Courage pays the highest price of all. One by one, her children are devoured by violence, but she will not give up her livelihoodthe wagon and the war.
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What were Penguin thinking? "Mother Courage and her Children" is a German-language play set in the 1600s. There is therefore no excuse for having one character turn to another to say "Bob's your uncle" within the opening lines. When reading this play, we are supposed to be hearing the voices of German peasants and soldiers. However, I found myself listening to what sounded like north-of-England coal-miners. (Perhaps this was translator John Willett's clever rendering of the 'Verfremdungseffekt'. ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 832.912
EAN: 9780143105282
ISBN: 0143105280
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: December 18, 2007
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Studio: Penguin Classics