{"title":"Georg Büchner","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the stirring works of \u003cstrong\u003eGeorg Büchner\u003c\/strong\u003e, a profound voice in literature and drama. His writings delve into intense human experiences and social critique, blending poetic intensity with political urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom seminal plays like \u003cem\u003eWoyzeck\u003c\/em\u003e to comprehensive collections such as \u003cem\u003eGeorg Büchner: The Major Works\u003c\/em\u003e, readers encounter a powerful fusion of art and culture that continues to resonate within modern literary discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"georg-buchner-the-major-works-by-georg-buchner-9780393933512","title":"Georg Buchner: The Major Works","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFew writers have transformed literature and theatre so dramatically. Based on Henry J. Schmidt's translations of \u003ci\u003eThe Hessian Messenger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDanton's Death\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLenz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLeonce and Lena\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWoyzeck\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Georg Büchner Prize is the highest literary honour for German language writers, and the full extent of Büchner’s influence—from Gerhart Hauptmann to Christa Wolf, Max Reinhardt to Robert Wilson, Alban Berg to Tom Waits—defies cataloguing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Georg Büchner died in 1837 at the age of twenty-three, he left behind a small and heterogenous body of work, most of it unpublished: three plays, a novella, a political pamphlet, a dissertation, medical lectures, and letters. Matthew Wilson Smith has newly translated Büchner’s introduction to \u003ci\u003eOn Cranial Nerves\u003c\/i\u003e. Each text is accompanied by explanatory annotations. The editor’s introduction examines the complexities of Büchner’s short life and how they informed his writing. The volume also contains ten illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContexts\u003c\/em\u003e includes Büchner’s correspondence with the people who knew him best, impressions of Büchner from a fellow medical student, excerpts from Büchner’s diary, the wanted poster calling for Büchner’s arrest for political conspiracy as well as the real-life inspirations for his novella, \u003ci\u003eLenz\u003c\/i\u003e, and his best-known play, \u003ci\u003eWoyzeck\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor ease of reference, \u003cem\u003eCriticism\u003c\/em\u003e is topically arranged by work and includes assessments by, among others, Laura Ginters, Victor Brombert, Bertolt Brecht, Henry Schmidt, Andrew Webber, Rainer Maria Rilke, and George Steiner. Three accounts of important productions of \u003ci\u003eDanton’s Death\u003c\/i\u003e are reprinted, including John Houseman’s remarks on Orson Welles’s staging. Finally, the speeches of four winners of the Georg Büchner Prize—Paul Celan, Christa Wolf, Heiner Müller, and Durs Grünbein—are reprinted in their entirety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Chronology of Büchner’s life and work and a Selected Bibliography are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424190054636,"sku":"9780393933512","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780393933512.jpg?v=1774768941"},{"product_id":"woyzeck-by-georg-buchner-9781350108141","title":"Woyzeck","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten in 1836, \u003ci\u003eWoyzeck\u003c\/i\u003e is often considered to be the first truly modern play. The story of a soldier driven mad by inhuman military discipline and acute social deprivation is told in splintered dialogue and jagged episodes, which are as shocking and telling today as they were when first performed, almost a century after the author's death, in Munich 1913.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition contains introductory commentary and notes by Laura Martin from the University of Glasgow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMETHUEN DRAMA STUDENT EDITIONS are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires. As well as the complete text of the play itself, this volume contains:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA chronology of the play and the playwright’s life and work\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAn introductory discussion of the social, political, cultural and economic context in which the play was originally conceived and created\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA succinct overview of the creation processes followed and subsequent performance history of the piece\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAn analysis of, and commentary on, some of the major themes and specific issues addressed by the text\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eA bibliography of suggested primary and secondary materials for further study.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471973597420,"sku":"9781350108141","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6b588adb485e0a05dc60319d77fc6f23.jpg?v=1775692322"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/georg-buchner.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}