Complete Plays, Lenz and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)
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Collected in this volume are powerful dramas and psychological fiction by the nineteenth-century iconoclast now recognized as a major figure of world literature. Also included are selections from Büchner's letters and philosophical writings.
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When he died in 1837, just as Woyzeck (later turned into an opera by modernist Allan Berg) was nearing completion, Georg Büchner was not yet twenty-four years old. It would be almost 60 years before the first of Büchner's plays Leonce and Lena was performed before a German audience--and almost 100 years before his plays were translated into English. His plays have have grown more important and more relevant with the passage of time. Today, he is considered a forerunner of both naturalism and expressionism.
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24 May 2005
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The Penguin version of Buchner's works is quite good, especially if you're in a "one-stop-shopping" mindset: the annotations and notes are excellent, both elaborate and illuminative. (One might object that the translator is a bit heavy handed in offering interpretations and scholarly opinions; however, they're useful as a starting point.) In terms of the translation itself, it definitely wields a certain visceral force. I think it is far superior, for example, to the Mueller version. I highly recommend this version. (Bonus opinion: A friend of mine prefers the Oxford World Classics version, which is also quite good, if not as excessively annotated. This friend claims that there are some nuances of language that are better translated in the Oxford. Having never done a side by side comparison with the German, I can't refute his statements.) -For what it is worth, I am currently a graduate student in English Literature, with a concentration in Drama and Performance studies. I'm currently doing some work with _Danton's Death_.
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17 May 2012
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I bought the Kindle edition of this, primarily for "Woyzeck." The editor's notes are comprehensive, even exhaustive, and much more illuminating than those of other editions I've looked at. The prefatory material (biographical background, etc) is equally fascinating and thought-provoking. Buchner was a genius, as this volume handily proves. I'm looking forward to reading the letters and non-dramatic writings (especially "The Hessian Messenger") all of which are included here. I'm still looking for a variorum edition of "Woyzeck" -- I very much want to see the differences between the four manuscripts. I had hoped to find that here; while I'm disappointed in that one respect, it seems a small issue when considering how satisfied I am overall with this book.
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