Gerhart Hauptmann's Before Daybreak: A Translation and an Introduction

by Gerhart Hauptmann, Peter Bauland (Translator)

Overview

Before Daybreak, the first important drama of German naturalism, was also the first play of Gerhart Hauptmann, the most significant naturalist of the theater. The translation, preceded by a critical introduction which places this play in historical context and discusses its form and content, is the first colloquially convincing English version that captures the several levels of diction in this seminal modern drama.

Originally published in 1978.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781469629940
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	01/01/2016
Series:	University of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages and Literature , #92
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.27(d)

Editorial Reviews

Perhaps the highest tribute one can pay a translation is that it does not read or sound like a translation. Peter Bauland's rendition of Hauptmann's Vor Sonnenaufgang into colloquial American English succeeds admirably in fulfilling the purpose of this volume, which is to make the play accessible to American audiences.—Colloquia Germanica

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