Brecht

[ brekt; German brekht ]

/ brɛkt; German brɛxt /

noun

Ber·tolt

[ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/,1898–1956, German dramatist and poet.

OTHER WORDS FROM Brecht

Brecht·i·an, adjective

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And anyway, if Brecht did not want us to feel for Mother Courage, why did he make her so richly shaded and humanly fallible?

Brecht's Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75 |Katie Baker |September 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Brecht placed his merchant-mother in a dark universe of impossible choices.

Brecht's Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75 |Katie Baker |September 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Still, Brecht did manage to do some courageous things during the war—one of them being the writing of Mother Courage.

Brecht's Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75 |Katie Baker |September 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When Brecht penned these lines, his continent hovered on the precipice of a journey into hell.

Brecht's Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75 |Katie Baker |September 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Along with Galileo, it represents Brecht at his epic apogee.

Brecht's Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75 |Katie Baker |September 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for brecht

Brecht

/ (German brɛçt) /

noun

Bertolt (ˈbɛrtɔlt). 1898–1956, German dramatist, theatrical producer, and poet, who developed a new style of "epic" theatre and a new theory of theatrical alienation, notable also for his wit and compassion. His early works include The Threepenny Opera (1928) and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930) (both with music by Kurt Weill). His later plays are concerned with moral and political dilemmas and include Mother Courage and her Children (1941), The Good Woman of Setzuan (1943), and The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1955)

Derived forms of Brecht

Brechtian, adjective, noun

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