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In this first full biography of Bertolt Brecht, John Fuegi presents a devastating demystification of one of the giants of modern theatre. Drawing on previously unpublished correspondence and diaries made available to the author by Brecht's widow and son, on interviews and intelligence files, Fuegi reveals a lifetime of personal and political deception. Brecht, a misogynist, plagiarist and anti-Semite, possessed extraordinary charisma which dazzled women and men alike; his genius at masterminding creativity, his mesmerizing charm allured such luminaries as Kurt Weill, Auden, Isherwood, and Charles Laughton. But Fuegi brilliantly shows that Brecht's written contribution to his own supposed oeuvre was slim: as much as eighty per cent of works such as The Threepenny Opera, which have given Brecht his stature as an icon, were written in a 'sex-for-text' scheme by other writers, particularly El isabeth Hauptmann, but also Grete Steffin and Ruth Berlau - three of his lovers - none of whom have received appropriate recognition, until the publication of John Fuegi's utterly convincing book.

Author

Fuegi, John

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780002553865

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography