Book contents
- Brecht and Tragedy
- Classics After Antiquity
- Brecht and Tragedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Texts and Translations
- Introduction: Radicalism, Traditionalism, Eristics
- Part I Point of Contact 1948
- Part II Positionings
- Part III Comparatist Explorations
- 10 The Tragedy of Mother Courage
- 11 Brechtian Chorality
- 12 Threepenny Opera: The View from Below
- 13 Appellative Anti-tragedy: Gods, Parody and Closure in The Good Person of Sezuan
- 14 Mahagonny: The Rise and Fall of a Dystopian City
- 15 Anti-tragic Justice: The Measure
- 16 Heroism and Its Discontents I: The Epic Tragedy The Judith of Shimoda – Expansion, Commentary, Metapoetics
- 17 Heroism and Its Discontents II: Galileo, a Tragic Hero of Science?
- Conclusion: Brecht and Tragedy – Pulling Threads Together
- Bibliography
- Index
14 - Mahagonny: The Rise and Fall of a Dystopian City
from Part III - Comparatist Explorations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2021
- Brecht and Tragedy
- Classics After Antiquity
- Brecht and Tragedy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Texts and Translations
- Introduction: Radicalism, Traditionalism, Eristics
- Part I Point of Contact 1948
- Part II Positionings
- Part III Comparatist Explorations
- 10 The Tragedy of Mother Courage
- 11 Brechtian Chorality
- 12 Threepenny Opera: The View from Below
- 13 Appellative Anti-tragedy: Gods, Parody and Closure in The Good Person of Sezuan
- 14 Mahagonny: The Rise and Fall of a Dystopian City
- 15 Anti-tragic Justice: The Measure
- 16 Heroism and Its Discontents I: The Epic Tragedy The Judith of Shimoda – Expansion, Commentary, Metapoetics
- 17 Heroism and Its Discontents II: Galileo, a Tragic Hero of Science?
- Conclusion: Brecht and Tragedy – Pulling Threads Together
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The chapter explores affinities with tragedy and the use of tragic themes in this brecht/weill opera.
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- Brecht and TragedyRadicalism, Traditionalism, Eristics, pp. 370 - 383Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021