Description
Available in English for the first time, The Business Affairs of Mr Julius Caesar provides readers with an enthralling account of the narrator's attempt to write a biography of one of the world's great leaders.
About the Author
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists of the twentieth century whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and writing have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include The Threepenny Opera and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as The Life of Galileo, Mother Courage and The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Anthony Phelan is an Emeritus Fellow of Keble College, the University of Oxford, UK. Tom Kuhn is Professor of Twentieth-Century German Literature at the University of Oxford, UK.
Reviews
Throughout the book, Brecht also sets up a Caesar whose political life and business life are indistinguishable, laying the groundwork for a larger argument about the interconnectedness of these realms. In a letter from 1937, he said he wanted this work to show, 'how democratic measures can be exploited financially' (Brecht 1990, 269). This is one of the major contributions of the book and gives it a use-value today, especially if we view it against the backdrop of the current U.S. election. Brecht's account shows that even where democratic structures exist, politics tend toward the machinations of the rich. -- Anthony Squiers * Marx and Philosophy Review of Books *
[Conveys] the wonderful conceit behind the novel. The text shows Brecht in exceptional form as he develops a new approach to ancient Roman history. * Studies in Theatre and Performance *
Book Information
ISBN 9781472582737
Author Bertolt Brecht
Format Hardback
Page Count 216
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 266g