Religion in Contemporary German Drama: Botho Strauß, George Tabori, Werner Fritsch, and Lukas Bärfuss

by Sinéad Crowe

Investigates German religious drama since the 1970s, asking the question whether it develops religious themes or only exploits religious motifs, and exploring how it reflects the changing place of religion and spirituality in theworld.

Critics often claim that the twenty-first century has seen a sudden "return" of religion to the German stage. But although drama scholarship has largely focused on politics, postmodernity, gender, ethnicity,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571135499
• ISBN13: 9781571135490
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"