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- catalog abstract "This introductory volume explores the playwright's chaotic universe, where God has retreated beyond the stars and where blind chance is the real prime mover, justice is corruptible, ideologies useless, and tragedy no longer possible. Yet despite the overriding pessimism of Durrenmatt's Weltanschauung, the author argues that the playwright remains a genial master of comedy. Through the laughter he allows his readers to see that all is not lost, that there are virtues worth fighting for, and that there are still courageous Don Quixotes worthy of the title "hero." Crockett contends that as a theorist of the modern German stage, Durrenmatt challenges Bertolt Brecht and offers alternatives. As a craftsman of prose fiction, he fashions the stout thread with which the readers enter his labyrinths and eventually find their way back out, while his literary Theseuses, clinging to gossamer strands, sometimes fall prey to the monster in the maze.".
- catalog contributor b10687774.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Biography -- Earliest prose and dramatic works -- The turn to comedy -- Three detective stories -- Two plays about ideologies and God's remoteness -- The radio plays -- Consolation from Dürrenmatt -- The corruption of justice -- Of heroism, failure, and resignation -- Improbable grace -- The adaptations -- Four that failed: the late plays -- The prose of the 1970s and 1980s -- Conclusion.".
- catalog description "Crockett contends that as a theorist of the modern German stage, Durrenmatt challenges Bertolt Brecht and offers alternatives. As a craftsman of prose fiction, he fashions the stout thread with which the readers enter his labyrinths and eventually find their way back out, while his literary Theseuses, clinging to gossamer strands, sometimes fall prey to the monster in the maze.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-214) and index.".
- catalog description "This introductory volume explores the playwright's chaotic universe, where God has retreated beyond the stars and where blind chance is the real prime mover, justice is corruptible, ideologies useless, and tragedy no longer possible. Yet despite the overriding pessimism of Durrenmatt's Weltanschauung, the author argues that the playwright remains a genial master of comedy. Through the laughter he allows his readers to see that all is not lost, that there are virtues worth fighting for, and that there are still courageous Don Quixotes worthy of the title "hero."".
- catalog extent "xxi, 220 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1570032130".
- catalog isPartOf "Understanding modern European and Latin American literature".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbia : University of South Carolina Press,".
- catalog subject "832/.914 21".
- catalog subject "Dürrenmatt, Friedrich Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "PT2607.U493 Z59 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Biography -- Earliest prose and dramatic works -- The turn to comedy -- Three detective stories -- Two plays about ideologies and God's remoteness -- The radio plays -- Consolation from Dürrenmatt -- The corruption of justice -- Of heroism, failure, and resignation -- Improbable grace -- The adaptations -- Four that failed: the late plays -- The prose of the 1970s and 1980s -- Conclusion.".
- catalog title "Understanding Friedrich Dürrenmatt / Roger A. Crockett.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".