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The full German text of Dürrenmatt's play is accompanied by German-English vocabulary. Der Besuch der alten Dame (Twentieth Century Texts).

The full German text of Dürrenmatt's play is accompanied by German-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context. Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase. Required for a family member's class. Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

Start by marking Der Besuch der alten Dame as Want to Read . Dürrenmatt's emphasis on taking this text at face value is reassuring in this case.

Start by marking Der Besuch der alten Dame as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. Swiss born Durrenmatt was a minister's son who lived through WW2, and spent his life working and re-working (and re-re-working!) these plots while figuring out his own standings on faith and human nature. It may perhaps also be the most useful and accurate interpretation, in that it comes closest to the unexplained ambiguity of human behaviour. Apart from that, it is a very good play.

The full German text of Durrenmatt's play is accompanied by German-English vocabulary. Destination, rates & speeds. 4. Der Besuch Der Alten Dame. Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Paul Kurt Ackermann. Published by Taylor and Francis 1961-10-01, London (1961). Seller Inventory AAZ9780415051408. ISBN 10: 0415051401 ISBN 13: 9780415051408.

Besuch der Alten Dame by Friedrich Durrenmatt (Hardback, 1961). Friedrich Durrenmatt. Trending price is based on prices over last 90 days. 20th Century Texts, German S. Subject.

Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss playwright, novelist, and essayist whose satiric .

Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss playwright, novelist, and essayist whose satiric, almost farcical tragicomic plays were central to the post-World War II revival of German theatre. Among the plays that followed were Der Besuch der alten Dame (1956; The Visit); Die Physiker (1962; The Physicists), a modern morality play about science, generally considered his best play; Der Meteor (1966; The Meteor); and Porträt eines Planeten (1970; Portrait of a Planet). 20th-century Swiss playwright and ironist Friedrich Dürrenmatt to allegorize Switzerland as a prison in which each Swiss citizen was at the same time prisoner and guard.

The Visit (Der Besuch der alten Dame, 1956) is a grotesque fusion of comedy and tragedy about a wealthy woman who offers the people of her hometown a fortune if they will execute the man who .

The Visit (Der Besuch der alten Dame, 1956) is a grotesque fusion of comedy and tragedy about a wealthy woman who offers the people of her hometown a fortune if they will execute the man who jilted her years earlier. The satirical drama The Physicists (Die Physiker, 1962), which deals with issues concerning science and its responsibility for dramatic and dangerous changes to the world, has also been presented in translation.

The full German text of Dürrenmatt's play is accompanied by. .Published by Thriftbooks. The Visit: A Tragi-comedy," by Friedrich Durrenmatt, has been translated from German into English by Patrick Bowles. This is an outrageous tale with a strong satiric flavor. com User, 21 years ago. In "Visit" (Der Besuch der Alten Dame, original title in German), Durrenmatt takes the reader on what starts like some innocent journey, a simple walk down memory lane.

Find nearly any book by FRIEDRICH DURRENMATT (page 6). Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. The execution of justice. ISBN 9780224025089 (978-0-224-02508-9) Hardcover, J. Cape, 1989. By Friedrich Dürrenmatt. For Instructors Request Inspection Copy.

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