The German library
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v. 75
The latest in the series presenting translations of Brecht's most popular and frequently performed plays, This volume includes two plays from the 1940s, "Schweyk in the Second World War", which transposes Hasek's "Good Soldier" to the Prague of Hitler and Heydrich, and "Mr Puntila and his Man Matti", with a collection of "Lehrstucke", the short didactic plays written in the period around 1930.
Vol 57
Long in preparation, here are the essential poems and prose of one of the giants of 20th century world literature. Following an authoritative introduction by Reinhold Grimm, the volume includes German and English poems on facing pages. These are gathered from a number of collections, including Bertolt Brecht's "Domestic Breviary" (1927), various collections from 1913 to 1938; "Svendborg Poems" (1939); and various collected poems from 1938 to 1956. (No lyrics from the plays are included.) Also here are several prose works: "Socrates Wounded" and "The Unseemly Old Lady."