List Books » German Theater before 1750: Hans Sachs, Andreas Gryphius, Johann Elias Schlegel & Others, Vol. 8
Authors: Gerald Gillespie (Editor), Andreas Gryphius (With), Johann Elias Schlegel
ISBN-13: 9780826407023, ISBN-10: 0826407021
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Date Published: January 1992
Edition: (Non-applicable)
'Was German drama invented by Lessing? We have been given strong hints to the contrary by Hofmannsthal and Brecht, and more than hints by Walter Benjamin. Still, where was the evidence? In our own language, nowhere. This is what makes German Theater before 1750 important: what was terra incognita becomes New Found Land.' --Eric Bentley