Gerhart Hauptmann fut un dramaturge et romancier allemand, figure de proue du naturalisme littéraire qui intégra également d'autres styles dans son œuvre. Il est reconnu pour sa production fructueuse, variée et exceptionnelle dans le domaine de l'art dramatique, pour laquelle il reçut le prix Nobel de littérature. Ses écrits explorent souvent des questions sociales et la condition humaine, examinant les réalités de la vie et la psychologie des personnages avec une voix puissante et marquante. Les contributions littéraires distinctives d'Hauptmann continuent de résonner, consolidant sa place parmi les figures littéraires importantes.
The Heretic of Soana is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of Gerhart Hauptmann, the recipient of the 1912 Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the most important exponents of German Naturalism.
The play is a pioneering work of German naturalism and marks Gerhart Hauptmann's debut as a playwright. It features a critical introduction that situates the drama within its historical context while analyzing its form and content. The translation aims to provide a colloquially engaging English version, effectively conveying the play's diverse levels of diction and its significance in modern theater.
A novel by Gerhart Hauptmann, who was a German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912. Hauptmann was born in Obersalzbrunn, a small city of Silesia, now known as Szczawno-Zdroj and a part of Poland. Hauptmann's first drama, Vor Sonnenaufgang inaugurated the naturalistic movement in modern German literature; it was followed by Das Friedensfest, Einsame Menschen and Die Weber, a powerful drama depicting the rising of the Silesian weavers in 1844. Of Hauptmann's subsequent work, mention may be made of the comedies Kollege Crampton, Der Biberpelz and Der rote Hahn, a "dream poem," Hannele, and an historical drama Florian Geyer. He also wrote two tragedies of Silesian peasant life, Fuhrmann Henschel and Rose Bernd, and the dramatic fairy-tales Die versunkene Glocke and Und Pippa tanzt. 1911 was the zenith: he wrote Die Ratten, for which he received the Nobel Prize. During the First World War Hauptmann was a Pacifist.
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Three Plays representative of an important period in twentieth- century drama! A good part of modern drama owes its techniques and its intense awareness of social and psychological problems to the German playwright who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1912. Hauptmann's achievements had great influence on many outstanding writers, among them Eugene O'Neill, who felt a special indebtedness to the European master. These three plays are superb examples of Hauptmann's wide range and offer readers an opportunity to become acquainted with the work of a supremely accomplished writer. The Weavers, perhaps his most famous play, reveals the bitter lives of the wretched handweavers of the 1840s and their abortive rebellion. Hennele centers on an abused, motherless child, abandoned to a poorhouse, who creates her own fantasy world of dreams and legends. The Beaver Coat is a delightful satire about a washerwoman who quickly learns that she cannot advance very far through honest labor alone, and proceeds accordingly. Titles of related interest from Waveland Goethe, Gotz von A Play (ISBN 9780881335415); Novalis, Henry von A Novel (ISBN 9780881335743); and Plenzdorf, The New Sufferings of Young W. (ISBN 9780881338911).
