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The Lulu plays and other sex tragedies
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- Book Synopsis
- Two of Wedekind's most seminal plays, Earth-Spirit and Pandora's Box both focus on the actions of the young heroine Lulu, who embodies both animal sensuality and waif-like innocence, as she escapes a life on the streets, receives a society education, marries, takes on various lovers, becomes a dancer in a revue, is imprisoned for murder and encounters Jack the Ripper. When Earth-Spirit was premiered in Leipzig in 1898, Wedekind was vilified and persecuted for advocating unfeigned sexual pleasure and making his heroine a heartless whore. Death and Devil and Castle Wetterstein, the other plays that make up this volume, are essentially extensions of and complementary to the Lulu tragedies.
- About The Author
- 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 lèse-majesté.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780714549996
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Calder Publications, (04 March 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 296
- Weight
- 328 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 37 mm
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