Spring Awakening: A Play by Frank Wedekind (English) Paperback Book

Description: Spring Awakening by Frank Wedekind, Jonathan Franzen Spring's Awakening is a tragi-comedy of teenage sex. Its fourteen-year-old heroine, Wendla, is killed by abortion pills. The young Moritz, terrorized by the world around him, and especially by his teachers, shoots himself. The ending seems likely to be the suicide of Moritz's friend, Melchior, but in a confrontation with a mysterious stranger (the famous Masked Man) he finally manages to shed his illusions and face the consequences. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From Jonathan Franzen, bestselling author of The Corrections and Crossroads, comes his razor-sharp translation of Frank Wedekinds major modern play, Spring Awakening. Featuring an introduction by Franzen. First performed in Germany in 1906, Frank Wedekinds controversial play Spring Awakening closed after one night in New York in 1917 amid charges of obscenity and public outrage. For the better part of the twentieth century Wedekinds intense body of work was largely unpublished and rarely performed. Yet the plays subject matter--teenage desire, suicide, abortion, and homosexuality--is as explosive and important today as it was a century ago. Spring Awakening follows the lives of three teenagers, Melchior, Moritz, and Wendl, as they navigate their entry into sexual awareness. Unlike so many works that claim to tell the truth of adolescence, Spring Awakening offers no easy answers or redemption. Today, more than a hundred years after the plays first performance, a new musical version of this essential modern masterpiece is being hailed as the "best new musical . . . in a generation" (John Heilpern, The New York Observer). Franzens rendition of the text--for so long poorly served in English--is unique in capturing the bizarre and inimitable comic spirit that animates almost every line of this unrelentingly tragic play. There couldnt be a better time for this thrilling, definitive new translation. Author Biography Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) had a seminal effect on the development of twentieth-century German drama. His plays portray a society riven by the demands of lust and greed, and his powerful writing continues to disturb and shock; his plays were still being refused a performing license in Britain in the 1960s. Jonathan Franzen is the author of five novels, including The Corrections, Freedom, and Crossroads, and five works of nonfiction, most recently Farther Away and The End of the End of the Earth, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He lives in Santa Cruz, California. Review "Spring Awakening is the best play ever written about teenagers, and Jonathan Franzens fraught yet buoyant translation is the best Ive ever read. In a culture where lies about adolescence prevail, this funny and honest play is more relevant than ever. Spring Awakening is essential reading." --Christopher Shinn Long Description Springs Awakening is a tragi-comedy of teenage sex. Its fourteen-year-old heroine, Wendla, is killed by abortion pills. The young Moritz, terrorized by the world around him, and especially by his teachers, shoots himself. The ending seems likely to be the suicide of Moritzs friend, Melchior, but in a confrontation with a mysterious stranger (the famous Masked Man) he finally manages to shed his illusions and face the consequences. Review Quote " Spring Awakening is the best play ever written about teenagers, and Jonathan Franzens fraught yet buoyant translation is the best Ive ever read. Details ISBN086547978X Author Jonathan Franzen Short Title SPRING AWAKENING Language English Translator Jonathan Franzen ISBN-10 086547978X ISBN-13 9780865479784 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 822.914 Year 2007 Residence US Birth 1864 Death 1918 Subtitle A Play DOI 10.1604/9780865479784 Imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2007-09-04 NZ Release Date 2007-09-04 UK Release Date 2007-09-04 Pages 112 Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication Date 2007-09-04 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137347581;

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