The playwright Heiner Mueller was born in East Germany in 1929. His work is complex, but the large body of work which he has written since the early 1960s has made him one of Europe's leading dramatists. Since the Berlin Wall came down he has travelled freely in Europe, speaking to students and experimental groups. This book contains an introduction to Mueller's work, and a selection of his plays, poetry, short prose and essays.

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Müller, Heiner

Heiner Muller

Heiner Müller lived through Germany's tumultuous history from Hitler's rise through Soviet occupation to the building and eventual demolition of the Berlin Wall. One of his earliest memories was of his father being beaten by Brownshirts and taken away to a concentration camp; later, Müller chose to stay in the Soviet Zone even when his father defected to the West. His work presents a phantasmagoric vision of culture and history. Though a committed Marxist, Müller loathed the East German government, and his works were often censured for their caustic portrait of a Germany whose history was an unending act of division and violence.
This new anthology traces the multifaceted evolution of Müller the playwright, poet, and eloquent observer of his century's violent trajectory. The writings collected here range from Müller's earliest work, including short stories and early poems from the 1950s, to some of his last works, including Germania 3 Ghosts at Dead Man. Translator and editor Carl Weber provides helpful introductions to each of the selections.

A Heiner Muller Reader: Plays, Poetry, Prose (PAJ Books)

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

PAJ Publications

<div> Despite being widely acknowledged as one of the most important German dramatists since Bertolt Brecht, Heiner Müller (1929-95) still remains relatively unknown in the English-speaking world. This collection of&nbsp;plays aims to change that, presenting new translations and opening up his work to a larger audience. Collected here are three of his plays--Philoctetes, The Horatian, and Mauser--whose poetic texts evidence the influence of Shakespeare, classical Greek tragedy, and avant-garde political theater on his works. Together they constitute what Müller called an "experimental series," which both develops and critiques Brecht's theory of the Lehrstück, or "learning play." Based on a tragedy by Sophocles, Philoctetes dramatizes the confrontation between politics, morality, and the desire for revenge. The Horatian uses an incident from ancient Rome as an example of ways of approaching the moral ambiguity of the past. Finally, Mauser, set during the Russian civil war, examines the nature and ethics of revolutionary violence. The plays are accompanied by supporting materials written by Müller himself, as well as an introduction by Uwe Schütte&nbsp;that contextualizes the plays and speaks&nbsp;of their continued relevance today. </div>

Three Plays: Philoctetes, The Horatian, Mauser (The German List)

Seagull Books

The most important German playwright since Brecht.-John Rockwell, New York Times

Explosion of a Memory (Paj Publications)

The most important German playwright since Brecht.-John Rockwell, New York Times

Explosion of a Memory

Book by Stein, Jean, Slager, Daniel, Hopps, Walter, Brecht, Bertolt, Hoch, Hannah, Davis, Mike, Muller, Heiner, Grubein, Durs, Schulze, Ingo

Grand Street 69: Berlin (Summer 1999)

BRECHT, BERTOLT

Stein, Jean

Hopps, Walter

Schulze, Ingo

Davis, Mike.

Höch, Hannah

Slager, Daniel

Grubein, Durs

JOVIS

Despite being widely acknowledged as one of the most important German dramatists since Bertolt Brecht, Heiner Müller (1929–95) still remains relatively unknown in the English-speaking world. This collection of plays aims to change that, presenting new translations and opening up his work to a larger audience.
Collected here are three of his plays—Philoctetes, The Horatian, and Mauser—whose poetic texts evidence the influence of Shakespeare, classical Greek tragedy, and avant-garde political theater on his works. Together they constitute what Müller called an "experimental series," which both develops and critiques Brecht’s theory of the Lehrstück, or "learning play."
Based on a tragedy by Sophocles, Philoctetes dramatizes the confrontation between politics, morality, and the desire for revenge. The Horatian uses an incident from ancient Rome as an example of ways of approaching the moral ambiguity of the past. Finally, Mauser, set during the Russian civil war, examines the nature and ethics of revolutionary violence. The plays are accompanied by supporting materials written by Müller himself, as well as an introduction by Uwe Schütte that contextualizes the plays and speaks of their continued relevance today.

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