Newest volume of the central scholarly forum for discussion of Brecht and aspects of theater and literature of particular interest to him, especially the politics of literature and theater in a global context.

Now published for the International Brecht Society by Camden House under the Society's editorship, the Brecht Yearbook is the central scholarly forum for discussion of the life and work of Bertolt Brecht and of aspects of theater and literature that were of particular interest to him, especially the politics of literature and theater in a global context. The
Yearbook welcomes a wide variety of perspectives and approaches, and, like Brecht himself, it is committed to the use value of literature, theater, and theory.

Volume 40 features new research on Brechtian concepts of temporality (Matthias Rothe) and the apparatus (Thomas Pekar), as well as articles on the "Bilder aus der Kriegsfibel" (Arnold Pistiak), the poem "Die Nachtlager" (Klaus-Dieter Krabiel), Brecht and Peruvian theater (Carlos Vargas-Salgado), early Brecht productions in Australia (Laura Ginters), and Brecht and Karl Kraus (Jost Hermand). Biographically oriented pieces focus on Brecht and the Chinese author Feng Zhi (Lin Cheng) and an unpublished letter to Brecht from 1918 (Jürgen Hillesheim). Special contents include a portfolio of drawings by DieterGoltzsche, with a brief introduction by the artist, a tribute to Sara Joffré, a brief set of texts related to the exchanges between Hanns Eisler and Hans Bunge, introduced by Sabine Berendse, and an open letter to Brecht from Hans-Thies Lehmann and Helene Varopoulou.



Theodore F. Rippey is Associate Professor of German at Bowling Green State University.

Tribute: Sara Joffré, Soul of Peruvian Theater - Carlos Vargas-Salgado

Brechtbrief / Letter to Brecht - Hans-Thies Lehmann and Helene Varopoulou

24h DURCHEINANDER / 24h MUDDLE - Kattrin Deufert and Thomas Plischke

Erinnerungen an das Brecht-Theater - Dieter Goltzsche

The Temporality of Critique: Bertolt Brecht's Fragment
Jae Fleischhacker in Chikago (1924-1929) - Matthias Rothe

Apparate und Korper: Überlegungen zu Bertolt Brechts Radiolehrstück
Der Ozeanflug - Thomas Pekar

Wer ist Oscar? Ein unveröffentlichter Brief an Brecht vom 12. Juni 1918 aus schottischer Kriegsgefangenschaft - Jurgen Hillesheim

"leg das buch nicht nieder, der du das liesest, mensch": Brechts Gedicht "Die Nachtlager" - Klaus-Dieter Krabiel

Übersehen oder verbannt? Hanns Eislers
Bilder aus der Kriegsfibel - Arnold Pistiak

Framing Two Accompaniments to
Brecht, Music and Culture: Hanns Eisler in Conversation with Hans Bunge - Sabine Berendse


Hanns Eisler Gespräche mit Hans Bunge: Fragen Sie mehr über Brecht - Georg Knepler

Memories of Hans Bunge: on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday, 3 December 2009 - Manfred Bierwisch

Das "Wiedersehen": Der chinesische Dichter und Germanist Feng Zhi und Bertolt Brecht - Lin Cheng

Brechtian Challenges to Theater Artists during the Internal War in Peru - Carlos Vargas-Salgado

"
Good Woman should have been done in one of our big theaters long before this": Brecht, the Students, and the Making of the New Wave of Australian Theater - Laura Ginters

Mark Twain's "Magnanimous-Incident" Hero and Bertolt Brecht's
Der gute Mensch von Sezuan - Cora Lee Kluge

Navid Kermani's Literary Reflections: On Kafka, Brecht, and the Koran - Vera Stegmann

Karl Kraus und Bertolt Brecht: Über die Vergleichbarkeit des Unvergleichlichen - Jost Hermand

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