Gas I: Schauspiel in Fünf Akten Gas II: Schauspiel in Drei Akten (2 Vols.)
by Kaiser, Georg
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
Berlin: S. Fischer, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. g. 2 volumes. 8vo. 118pp. 67pp. Volume one is bound in orange wrappers, while volume 2 is bound in 1/4 beige cloth over green paper covered boards. Friedrich Carl Georg Kaiser (1878 - 1945) was a highly prolific German dramatist who wrote in a variety of styles, but is best known as an Expressionist. He was the most successful expressionist dramatist and, along with Gerhart Hauptmann, was the most frequently performed playwright in the Weimar Republic. He is known, among other things, for the trilogy, comprising of "The Coral", "Gas", and "Gas II" (1920). In his later years, he developed his criticism of the modern machine age that had characterized the Gas trilogy further. Imprisoned briefly in 1923 for stealing a loaf of bread, Kaiser fled to Switzerland when the Nazis came to power and turned to writing verse dramas on mythological themes. Minor age wear and staining. Minor browning to pages. Otherwise clean and tight. In German. Good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19738
- Title
- Gas I: Schauspiel in Fünf Akten Gas II: Schauspiel in Drei Akten (2 Vols.)
- Author
- Kaiser, Georg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- S. Fischer
- Place of Publication
- Berlin
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Play, Theaterstueck, Deutschland, Europa, Europe, Modern, 20th century, Epressionismus
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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