Heinrich von Kleist (1771-1811), one of Germany's most gifted and versatlie writers, was a classic misfit: a wayward and tragic genuis finally driven to suicide by repeated frustrations in art and life. Nevertheless, his seven plays and eight masterly stories won him enduring posthumous fame as 'first of the moderns'.
From the translator's introduction: "Eve, an ingenue, is in love with Robert, a deserving young man. Adam lusts after Eve. Adam wants to send Robert into the army - or at least threaten to do so - to get rid of him. He blackmails Eve with this threat. This reminds us of King David sending Uriah to war so that David would be free to seduce Uriah's wife, Bathsheba. The comedy suggests underlying sorrow. Plain laughter is purification, but laughing at someone or something is derision. There is plenty of both in this play. Its sorrow, as well as its comedy, derives from its focus on three of the Seven Deadly Sins: arrogance, wrath, and especially lust."
Título : The Broken Jug: A Dramatic Comedy About Thwarted Rape
EAN : 9781621307594
Editorial : gegensatz
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