Those who dismiss Brecht as a yea-sayer to Stalinism are advised to read these journals and moderate their opinion. (Paul Bailey; Weekend Telegraph)Brechts "Work Journals" cover the period from 1938 to 1955; the years of exile in Denmark; Sweden; Finland and America; and his return via Switzerland to East Berlin. His criticisms of the work of other writers and intellectuals are perceptive and polemic; and the accounts of his own writing practice provide insight into the creation of his dramatic works of the period; the development of his political thinking and his theories about epic theatre. Also integrated into the journals are Brechts immediate reactions to and commentary upon the events of the period: his political exiles view of the course of World War II and his account of the House Un-American Activities committee."A marvellous; motley collage of political ideas; domestic detail; artistic debate; poems; photographs and cuttings from newspapers and magazines; assembled; undoubtedly for posterity by one of the great writers of the century" (New Statesman and Society)
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