The Battle: Plays, Prose, Poems

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PAJ Publications, 1989 - Literary Criticism - 176 pages
"The Battle is a collection of plays, prose, and poems by the East German writer Heiner Müller. Against the background of recent social upheavals in East Germany, Müller's articulation of his country's history and politics assumes a startling intensity." From back cover.

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The Battle: Plays, Prose, Poems
Heiner Müller
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Augias Balke Balke's beer Berliner Ensemble Bespectacled better Bittner blood bread Brecht bricks bull CHORUS city of Witebsk conqueror corpse Curiatian dead DIRECTOR dispensed death dramaturgy drink East Berlin East German enemies exits facing the quarry FARMER flesh Furnace Four German GESCHKE grass hand Heiner Müller Heracles hero Hitler Horatian INNKEEPER JOURNALIST KANT KARRAS katorga killed Kolbe KRUGER laughs LEGOFVEAL Lehrstück Lerka lictors look MAUSER Miss Matz model worker muck murderer murderer's Nazi neck Nemean Lion noise of battle norm Pause performed Peter Hacks play plow Privy Councilor problem production Revolution revolver river Romans Rome Rotbuch SALESWOMAN SCAB scene SCHORN Schurek scream shit shovel Silence sits SOLDIER SS-MAN stay green steps STETTINER stop Storm Troopers sword tear theatre Thebans Thebes tractor TRACTORIST TRAKEHNER voice Volksbühne walk wall What's who's wife woman write ZEMKE

About the author (1989)

Carl Weber graduated from Virginia State University and holds an MBA in marketing from the University of Virginia. He is an Essence bestselling novelist and author of Something on the Side, The First Lady, So You Call Yourself a Man, The Preacher's Son, Player Haters, Baby Mama Drama and Married Man. He is also the author of several New York Times Best Sellers such as He Said, She Said, She Ain't The One, and The Family Business 2. Weber is a life long reader but wanted to write. When he realized the growing importance of African-American fiction to readers and publishers he couldn't resist writing. He wanted to write a book about ordinary people who have crazy things happen in their lives. His work received immediate positive responce from readers. Once he had one book under his belt, he kept going. His first novel - Lookin' for Luv, was a relationbship story written from the male perspective. In addition to his writing, Weber is the founder and publisher of Urban Books and in 2005, he was named Blackboard's Publisher of The Year. He is also a recipient of Blackboard's Bestseller of the Year award.

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TitleThe Battle: Plays, Prose, Poems
Cambridge South Asian Studies
AuthorHeiner Müller
EditorCarl Weber
Translated byCarl Weber
PublisherPAJ Publications, 1989
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedMay 31, 2008
ISBN155554049X, 9781555540494
Length176 pages
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Literary Criticism / European / German
  
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