The American poet Ezra Pound, the German playwright Bertolt Brecht, and the writers associated with the Parisian avant-garde literary journal Tel Quel, in particular, developed passions for China. Hayot examines these writers' infatuation with China, demonstrating that Pound, Brecht, and the writers of Tel Quel looked east and found a new vision for both themselves and the West...(展开全部)

The American poet Ezra Pound, the German playwright Bertolt Brecht, and the writers associated with the Parisian avant-garde literary journal Tel Quel, in particular, developed passions for China. Hayot examines these writers' infatuation with China, demonstrating that Pound, Brecht, and the writers of Tel Quel looked east and found a new vision for both themselves and the West...(展开全部)

The relationship between philosopher-critic Walter Benjamin and playwright-poet Bertolt Brecht was both a lasting friendship and a powerful intellectual partnership. Having met in the late 1920s in Germany, Benjamin and Brecht both independently minded Marxists with a deep understanding of and passionate commitment to the emancipatory potential of cultural practices continued t...(展开全部)

A playwright, poet, and activist, Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) was known for his theory of the epic theater and his attempts to break down the division between high art and popular culture. He was also a committed Marxist who lived through two world wars and a global depression. Looking at Brecht’s life and works through his plays, stories, poems, and political essays, Philip Gla...(展开全部)

The relationship between philosopher-critic Walter Benjamin and playwright-poet Bertolt Brecht was both a lasting friendship and a powerful intellectual partnership. Having met in the late 1920s in Germany, Benjamin and Brecht both independently minded Marxists with a deep understanding of and passionate commitment to the emancipatory potential of cultural practices continued t...(展开全部)

作者简介 米开朗基罗・安东尼奥尼（Michelangelo Antonioni，1912～），著名的意大利电影导演、摄影师兼制片人，世界级电影大师。1940年代后期曾随意大利著名新现实主义电影导演罗西里尼工作，1950年代开始独立探索。他以摒弃现实的“叙事”，注重性格的刻画以及含义隐晦的隐喻风格而著称，是诠释现代主义的最著名的电影作家，其导演理念对世界电影艺术的发展影响极大。他的主要影片有《女朋友们》、《奇遇》、《蚀》、《红色沙漠》、《春光乍泄》等。1972年，安东尼奥尼的纪实性记录片《中国》曾在我国引起轩然大波。 作为多以视觉形象为表现载体，尤擅展示现代工业社会景观之独特美的导演，他在电影史上的位置和对20世纪审美观念发展的贡献是无可替代的。 译者简介 英译者　William Arrowsmith，当代著名古典学教授，任教于美国波士顿大学，译有多...(展开全部)

瓦尔特·本雅明（1892—1940），德国文学家、思想家，因其博学和敏锐而享誉世界，被视为20世纪前半期德国重要的文学评论家，被誉为“欧洲后一位知识分子”。他学术视野开阔，学术眼光独到，著作宏富，著有《德意志悲苦剧的起源》、《德国浪漫派的艺术批评概念》、《可技术复制时代的艺术作品》、《评歌德的<亲和力>》、《摄影小史》、《柏林童年》、《德意志人》等名著，尚留下六册书信集。作为众所周知的思想家，其论著丰富的解释力吸引越来越多学者的目光，俨然成为重审现代性与欧洲文化史的关键节点。

The legacy of Bertolt Brecht is much contested, whether by those who wish to forget or to vilify his politics, but his stature as the outstanding political playwright and poet of the twentieth century is unforgettably established in this major critical work. Fredric Jameson elegantly dissects the intricate connections between Brecht's drama and politics, demonstrating the way t...(展开全部)