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Brecht [brekt; German brekht] EXAMPLES| noun Ber·tolt [ber-tawlt] /ˈbɛr tɔlt/, 1898–1956, German dramatist and poet. Liberaldictionary.com
Related formsBrecht·i·an, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for brecht Contemporary Examples of brecht
And anyway, if Brecht did not want us to feel for Mother Courage, why did he make her so richly shaded and humanly fallible?
Brecht’s Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75
Katie Baker
September 10, 2014
Brecht placed his merchant-mother in a dark universe of impossible choices.
Brecht’s Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75
Katie Baker
September 10, 2014
Still, Brecht did manage to do some courageous things during the war—one of them being the writing of Mother Courage.
Brecht’s Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75
Katie Baker
September 10, 2014
When Brecht penned these lines, his continent hovered on the precipice of a journey into hell.
Brecht’s Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75
Katie Baker
September 10, 2014
The fact that most audiences end up feeling some degree of sympathy for Mother Courage irritated Brecht to no end.
Brecht’s Mercenary Mother Courage Turns 75
Katie Baker
September 10, 2014
British Dictionary definitions for brecht Brecht noun Bertolt (ˈbɛrtɔlt). 1898–1956, German dramatist, theatrical producer, and poet, who developed a new style of “epic” theatre and a new theory of theatrical alienation, notable also for his wit and compassion. His early works include The Threepenny Opera (1928) and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930) (both with music by Kurt Weill). His later plays are concerned with moral and political dilemmas and include Mother Courage and her Children (1941), The Good Woman of Setzuan (1943), and The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1955) Derived FormsBrechtian, adjective, noun Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
