The Lulu Plays & Other Sex Tragedies - Couverture rigide

Wedekind, Frank

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0714508675 ISBN 13 : 9780714508672

Editeur : Calder Publications, 1972

Synopsis

The Lulu Plays & Other Sex Tragedies (German Expressionism) (Earth Spirit; Pandora's Box; Death and Devil; Castle Wetterstein)

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Two of Wedekind’s most seminal plays, Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box both focus on the actions of the young heroine Lulu, who embodies both animal sensuality and waif-like innocence, as she escapes a life on the streets, receives a society education, marries, takes on various lovers, becomes a dancer in a revue, is imprisoned for murder and encounters Jack the Ripper. When Earth Spirit was premiered in Leipzig in 1898, Wedekind was vilified and persecuted for advocating unfeigned sexual pleasure and making his heroine a heartless whore. Death and Devil and Castle Wetterstein, the other plays that make up this volume, are essentially extensions of and complimentary to the Lulu tragedies.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Frank Wedekind (1864–1918) was a playwright, poet, journalist, actor and cabaret singer, whose works revolutionized European literature, and also once caused him to be imprisoned for nine months for lèse-majesté.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Calder Publications
• Date d'édition: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0714508675
• ISBN 13: 9780714508672
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 281