Book contents
- Bertolt Brecht in Context
- Bertolt Brecht in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figure
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- A Note on Brecht in English
- Introduction
- Part I Brecht’s World
- Part II Brecht’s Work
- Part III The World’s Brecht
- Chapter 23 Brecht and Feminism
- Chapter 24 Brecht in Southern Africa
- Chapter 25 Brecht in the Creation, Production, and Analysis of Opera Today
- Chapter 26 Brecht and His Biographers
- Chapter 27 Brecht Editions
- Chapter 28 Brecht and German Studies
- Chapter 29 Beginning Where Brecht Left Off: Heiner Müller and Brecht’s Legacy
- Chapter 30 Bertolt Brecht in Brazil
- Chapter 31 World Spirit versus Spirit of the Age: Brecht’s Impact and Influence on East German Literature and Culture
- Chapter 32 Brecht in Fiction
- Chapter 33 Brecht and Contemporary Experimental Theater
- Chapter 34 Brecht and US Actor Training
- Chapter 35 Brecht and Transcultural Theater
- Chapter 36 Thinking Brecht in(to) the University
- Chapter 37 “Shrunk in Translation” or: The (Ir)resistible Rise of the Old Traduttore/Traditore Tradition …
- Concise Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 29 - Beginning Where Brecht Left Off: Heiner Müller and Brecht’s Legacy
from Part III - The World’s Brecht
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 May 2021
- Bertolt Brecht in Context
- Bertolt Brecht in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figure
- Notes on Contributors
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- A Note on Brecht in English
- Introduction
- Part I Brecht’s World
- Part II Brecht’s Work
- Part III The World’s Brecht
- Chapter 23 Brecht and Feminism
- Chapter 24 Brecht in Southern Africa
- Chapter 25 Brecht in the Creation, Production, and Analysis of Opera Today
- Chapter 26 Brecht and His Biographers
- Chapter 27 Brecht Editions
- Chapter 28 Brecht and German Studies
- Chapter 29 Beginning Where Brecht Left Off: Heiner Müller and Brecht’s Legacy
- Chapter 30 Bertolt Brecht in Brazil
- Chapter 31 World Spirit versus Spirit of the Age: Brecht’s Impact and Influence on East German Literature and Culture
- Chapter 32 Brecht in Fiction
- Chapter 33 Brecht and Contemporary Experimental Theater
- Chapter 34 Brecht and US Actor Training
- Chapter 35 Brecht and Transcultural Theater
- Chapter 36 Thinking Brecht in(to) the University
- Chapter 37 “Shrunk in Translation” or: The (Ir)resistible Rise of the Old Traduttore/Traditore Tradition …
- Concise Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Heiner Müller is considered to be not only the most important playwright to emerge from the German Democratic Republic but also the East German playwright most heavily influenced by Bertolt Brecht.Müller “began where Brecht left off,” pushing further along the path of Brecht’s theatrical projects and theories and even taking up projects that had been left unfinished by Brecht himself.In the 1970s, with his “farewell to the learning play,” Müller seemed for a time to be distancing himself from his mentor.And yet the accusation of “literary patricide” sometimes made against him runs counter to the fact that Müller continued his interest in Brecht right up until his death in 1995.Since then, avant-garde theater artists have continued to honor the legacy of both playwrights.
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- Bertolt Brecht in Context , pp. 249 - 256Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021