Religion in Contemporary German Drama: Botho Strauß, George Tabori, Werner Fritsch, and Lukas Bärfuss

by Sinéad Crowe

Critics often claim that the twenty-first century has seen a sudden "return" of religion to the German stage. But although drama scholarship has largely focused on politics, postmodernity, gender, ethnicity, and "postdramatic" performance, religious themes, forms, and motifs have been a topic and a source of inspiration for German dramatists for several decades, as this study shows. Focusing on works by four major dramatists - Botho Strau , George...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571135499
• ISBN13: 9781571135490
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"