{"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Georg Büchner died in 1837 at the age of twenty-three, he left behind a small and heterogenous body of work, most of it unpublished: three plays, a novella, a political pamphlet, a dissertation, medical lectures, and letters.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","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/georg-buchner-the-major-works-by-georg-buchner-9780393933512","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}