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Chapter 9 - Brecht’s Interviews

from Part I - Brecht’s World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2021

By
Noah Willumsen
Edited by
Stephen Brockmann
Stephen Brockmann
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
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Summary

This essay introduces Brecht’s oft-neglected interviews. First, it reviews efforts to incorporate these interviews in (or exclude them from) his body of work, before outlining Brecht’s own interest in the form as a both a source of material and a platform for his views. At the center of the article is an examination of Brecht’s interview with Die literarische Welt in 1926. Archival material is used to illuminate the process of construction behind the conversation, which contains Brecht’s first discussion of epic theater. Finally, the article sketches two key influences on the development of his interviews: his embrace of radio as a new medium and his commitment to Marxist media tactics.

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Bertolt Brechtinterviewconversationnewspaperradiooralitymediapress clippingaphorismepic theater
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Bertolt Brecht in Context , pp. 81 - 88
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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