
Spring Awakening
Frank Wedekind(Author)
Alma Classics (Publisher)
Published on 15. March 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
75 pages
978-1-84749-461-0 (ISBN)
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Spring Awakening is set in a small German town in the 1890s, where adolescent boys and girls grope their way towards knowledge and maturity against the blocks set up by parents and teachers in the name of "morality". Melchior, fearless in his pursuit of the truth, manages to retain his freedom of spirit, but his friends are not so lucky or strong.
Wedekind's controversial play occupies a special place in modern theatrical history as a key work of the naturalist school and the principal precursor of German Expressionism.
Wedekind's controversial play occupies a special place in modern theatrical history as a key work of the naturalist school and the principal precursor of German Expressionism.
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The best and most enduring German play of its era. -- Jonathan FranzenMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Richmond
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Alma Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Weight
107 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84749-461-0 (9781847494610)
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Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) was a playwright, poet, journalist, actor and cabaret singer, whose works revolutionized European literature, and also once caused him to be imprisoned for nine months for lese-majeste.