The Burgtheater and Austrian Identity: Theatre and Cultural Politics in Vienna, 1918-38 - Rilegato

Pyrah, Robert

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1904350674 ISBN 13: 9781904350675

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2007

Riassunto

The collapse of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918 galvanized discussion about national identity in the new Republic of Austria. As Robert Pyrah shows in this thoroughly documented study, the complex identity politics of interwar Austria were played out in the theatres of Vienna, which enjoyed a cultural prominence rarely matched in other countries. By 1934, productions across the city were being co-opted to serve the newly patriotic cause of the Dollfuss and Schuschnigg regimes, and the Burgtheater, once known as the first German stage, had been transformed into a national theatre for Austria. Using case studies of key productions and a wealth of previously unseen archival material, Pyrah sheds new light on artistic and ideological developments throughout the period, including the neglected earlier years. He documents previously unexplored overlaps in the cultural programmes of Left and Right, and unearths evidence that key institutions were subverted by the Right well before the suspension of parliamentary rule in 1933.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1904350674
• ISBN 13: 9781904350675
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 200