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I always thought there was something half-baked in Bertolt Brecht’s formulation of the “alienation effect.” First, there is a discrepancy between what he aims for and the method he proposes to get ...

No, Andrea: “Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.” The lines, Galileo responding to the parting words of his pupil, Andrea Sarti, who is furious and betrayed by his teacher’s recantation, are from ...

Bertolt Brecht was a German playwright, director, and poet who is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in 20th-century theatre. Born on February 10, 1898, in Augsburg, Germany, ...

Readers unfamiliar with Bertolt Brecht’s life should approach the new translation of his letters warily or not at all. [1] From Brecht’s collected letters and the editors’ notes, the uninitiated are ...