The Drama of Revolt: A Critical Study of Georg BüchnerCambridge University Press, 1976 - 321 pagina's Georg Büchner is one of the most important dramatists of the nineteenth century, both intrinsically and on account of his enormous influence on the drama of our own time. Professor Benn attempts a comprehensive study of the art and thought of this distinguished writer, emphasising throughout that attitude of revolt which is so characteristic of Büchner. After a brief introduction in which he pinpoints the positive nature of Büchner's revolt and establishes links between his thought and that of Hölderlin and Camus, Professor Benn discusses in the first three theoretical chapters Büchner's revolutionary political principles, his sceptical and iconoclastic philosophical speculations and his fierce attacks on classical theories in art. He then examines each of Büchner's major works - Dantons Tod, Leonce und Lena, Lenz and Woyzeck - analysing the genesis and interpretation of the last in detail. A short concluding chapter summarises the results of the inquiry and assesses the value of the methods used. |
Inhoudsopgave
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
POLITICAL REVOLT | 4 |
Der Hessische Landbote | 20 |
Buchners Later Political Attitude | 36 |
METAPHYSICAL REVOLT | 41 |
The Early Period | 44 |
The Commentary on Descartes and Spinoza | 53 |
Buchners Scientific Work | 62 |
LEONCE UND LENA | 155 |
Characterization | 162 |
Style and Structure | 175 |
LENZ | 184 |
Structure and Style | 192 |
Lenz and Oberlin | 198 |
WOYZECK | 215 |
Sources and Genesis | 216 |
The Solidarity of Revolt | 69 |
AESTHETIC REVOLT | 75 |
Idealization in Classical Literature and Art | 77 |
Buchners Revolt against Idealization | 84 |
Some Critical Remarks on Buchners Aesthetics | 99 |
DANTONS TOD | 103 |
Characterization | 105 |
Style | 138 |
Structure | 147 |
Political and Metaphysical Significance | 151 |
The First Fragment H1 | 224 |
The Second and Third Fragments H3 and H2 | 234 |
The Last Fragment H4 | 243 |
Revolt in Woyzeck | 253 |
CONCLUSION | 263 |
Notes | 269 |
Chronological table | 305 |
Bibliography | 309 |
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The Drama of Revolt: A Critical Study of Georg Büchner Maurice B. Benn Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 1976 |
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