People's Stage in Imperial Germany, The : Social Democracy and Culture 1890-1914.
Title:
People's Stage in Imperial Germany, The : Social Democracy and Culture 1890-1914.
Author:
Bonnell, Andrew.
ISBN:
9780857715609
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (304 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The German Working Class and Working-Class Culture -- 2. Social Democracy and the Primacy of Political Struggle -- 3. Class and culture - The Left Marxists -- Revisionism and Culture -- 5. Founding of the Freie Volksbühne and Early Years under Bruno Wille (1890 - 1892) -- 6, The Freie Volksbühne Under Franz Mehring, 1892 - 1895 -- 7. The Freie Volksbühne under Conrad Schmidt, 1897-1914 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This book examines the history of the Freie Volksbuhne (Free People's Theatre), Berlin, from 1890-1914, in the light of the cultural theory and practice of German Social Democracy in Imperial Germany._x000D_ _x000D_ The clash between German Social Democracy - the party, intellectuals and workers - and the German Imperial State was played out in the Freie Volksbahne (Free People's Theatre) founded by intellectuals to energize working class political awareness of drama with a political and social cutting edge. It fell foul of state censorship, lost its bite, yet prospered._x000D_ The book looks in detail at the various programmes guiding the Volksbuhne's work and at the reception of the plays by the largely working-class audience, to offer a detailed study of the interactions between cultural and political history in Imperial Germany.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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