John Willett (1) (1917–2002)
Auteur van Art & Politics in the Weimer Period: The New Sobriety, 1917-1933
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Werken van John Willett
Methuen Drama Modern Classics : The Caucasian chalk circle {Stern} (1963) — Redacteur — 94 exemplaren
Methuen Drama Modern Classics : The resistible rise of Arturo Ui {Manheim} (1981) — Redacteur — 63 exemplaren
Brecht Plays 7 : 1942-1946 : The visions of Simone Machard {Rank} + Schweyk in the second world war {Rowlinson} + The… (1974) — Redacteur — 56 exemplaren
Methuen Drama Modern Classics : The good person of Szechwan {Willet} (1985) — Editor, Translator — 42 exemplaren
Brecht : Collected plays : Volume 7 : The Visions of Simone Machard + Schweyk in the Second World War + The Caucasian… (1975) — Redacteur — 37 exemplaren
Brecht : Collected plays : Volume 9 : The tutor + Coriolanus + The trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen 1431 + Trumpets and… (1972) — Redacteur — 37 exemplaren
Berliner Ensemble Adaptations : The tutor {Manheim/Sauerlander} + Coriolanus {Manheim} + The trial of Joan of Arc at… (2014) — Notes — 5 exemplaren
Popski; a life of Vladimir Peniakoff, D.S.O., M.C 2 exemplaren
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Brecht : Collected plays : Volume 1 : Baal + Drums in the night + In the jungle of cities + The life of Edward II of… (1994) — Redacteur, sommige edities — 113 exemplaren
Life of Galileo / Mother Courage and Her Children (1984) — Redacteur, sommige edities — 87 exemplaren
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny / The Seven Deadly Sins (1979) — Redacteur, sommige edities — 69 exemplaren
Methuen Student Editions : Brecht : The threepenny opera {Manheim/Willet} : 2015 (2015) — Vertaler — 33 exemplaren
Methuen Student Editions : Brecht : The good person of Szechwan {Willett} (2009) — Vertaler — 20 exemplaren
Methuen Student Editions : Brecht : The threepenny opera {Manheim/Willet} : 2022 (2022) — Vertaler — 3 exemplaren
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- Officiële naam
- Willett, John William Mills
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- 1917-06-24
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2002-08-20
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- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Beroepen
- translator
scholar - Relaties
- Martin, Chris (great grandson)
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“ . . . a new realism that sought methods of dealing both with real subjects and with real human needs, a sharply critical view of existing society and individuals, and a determination to master new media and discover new collective approaches to the communication of artistic concepts.”
He labels it “a new development of that mighty European renaissance in the arts that can be said to have begun with the French Fauves in 1905.”
But the productivity of the Weimar period, he argues, can be attributed mostly to the younger generation, those born no earlier than 1893. They were also the group most affected when the world war broke out. It was not only the shocks of the war experience that shaped them, but the Russian and German revolutions, all of which contributed to the transformation of art. For the few years of the Weimar period, the author argues, the arts of the European avant-garde began to have “an audience, a function, a unity, a vital core.”
That is, the “hateful pressures, largely unique to Germany” gave these young artists an uncompromising sense of urgency which was “often electrifying.”
He then describes in detail what made this period so unique, and the lessons we might take away from it in our polarized world today.… (meer)