The Life and Works of Wolfgang Borchert

by Gordon Burgess

The first comprehensive study in English of the life and works of the important postwar dramatist and short-story writer.

Wolfgang Borchert has been called "the most important voice of post-war German literature." He came to fame literally overnight when his play Draussen vor der T r (The Man Outside) was broadcast in the British zone of occupied Germany in February 1947 and evoked impassioned reactions both for and against. An examination...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571132708
• ISBN13: 9781571132703
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"