Tales from the Vienna Woods and Other Plays
by Ödön von Horváth
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Ödön von Horváth (1901-1939) is one of the most important theatre writers in the 1930s. His reputation rests largely on the four plays in this collection, which he called Volksstücke (popular plays), although he had no desire to embrace this tradition uncritically. Reflected in these plays is the sympathy for the situation of the exploited classes, as well as the concern for the way language is used for deception and self-deception. The hollow characters come across as potentially show more receptive to fascism. A latent brutality is unmasked, a lack of genuine feeling -- all lying hidden under a veneer of facile sentimentality. show lessTags
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- Tales from the Vienna Woods and Other Plays
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- 832.912 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures German drama 1900- 1900-1990 1900-1945
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- PT2617 .O865 .A6 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures German literature Individual authors or works 1860/70-1960
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