by Georg Büchner · Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag GmbH · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9783150093474
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«Woyzeck. Kritische Lese- und Arbeitsausgabe» is the drama by Georg Büchner published by Philipp Reclam jun. in paperback (95 pages, in German).
Woyzeck, a poor and mistreated soldier, serves as an orderly to a captain and agrees to be a doctor's guinea pig to earn money. The abuses he suffers, his partner's infidelity and jealousy drive him towards a tragic outcome. A fragmentary 19th-century work, it anticipates social and existential theatre with a raw look at misery.
Critical reading and study edition annotated by Lothar Bornscheuer, in Reclam's Universal-Bibliothek collection (no. 9347).
Recommended for students of German literature and readers of classical theatre.
Karl Georg Büchner was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. His literary achievements, though limited by his death at age 23, are generally held in great esteem in Germany. Despite his brief career, his plays profoundly influenced naturalism, expressionism, and later developments in European theater.
