{"product_id":"spring-awakening-by-frank-wedekind-9781408140895","title":"Spring Awakening","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Student Edition of Wedekind's classic 1891 expressionist play about adolescent sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWedekind's notorious play \u003ci\u003eSpring Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e influenced a whole trend of modern drama and remains relevant to today's society, exploring the oppression and rebellion of adolescents among draconian parents and morals. This seminal work looks at the conflict between repressive adulthood and teenage sexual longings in a provincial German town.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHighly controversial and with themes of sexuality, social attitudes, and adolescence, the play is a popular and provocative text for study, especially at undergraduate level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis translation by Edward Bond and Elisabeth Bond Pablé first brought the play to English audiences when it premiered at the National Theatre in 1974. Receiving high praise ('scrupulously faithful both to Wedekind's irony and his poetry.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e), this version is now considered to be the definitive English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Student Edition features expert and helpful annotation, including a scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters, language and structure of the play, as well as a list of suggested reading and questions for further study and a review of performance history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598460436716,"sku":"9781408140895","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781408140895-spring-awakening.jpg?v=1777966904","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/spring-awakening-by-frank-wedekind-9781408140895","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}