Munich and theatrical modernism: politics, playwriting, and performance, 1890-1914 ISBN: 9780674588356 Platform/Publisher: ACLS / Harvard University Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Ten pages at a time; Download: Ten pages at a time Subjects: European: 1800-present;
This is the first cultural exploration of playwriting, directing, acting, and theater architecture in fin-de-siècle Munich. Peter Jelavich examines the commercial, political, and cultural tensions that fostered modernism's artistic revolt against the classical and realistic modes of nineteenth-century drama.