{"product_id":"the-business-affairs-of-mr-julius-caesar-paperback","title":"The Business Affairs of MR Julius Caesar - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBertolt Brecht\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnthony Phelan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTom Kuhn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertolt Brecht's extraordinary historical novel presents an aspiring scholar's efforts to write an idealized life of Julius Caesar twenty years after his death. But the historian abandons his planned biography, confronted by a baffling range of contradictory views. Was Caesar an opportunist, a permanently bankrupt businessman who became too big for the banks to allow him to fail - as his former banker claims? Did he stumble into power while trying to make money, as suggested by the diary of his former slave? Across these different versions of Caesar's career in the political and economic life of Rome, Brecht wryly contrasts the narratives of imperial progress with the reality of grasping self-interest, in a sly allegory that points to the Weimar Republic and perhaps even to our own times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrecht reminds his readers of the need for constant vigilance and critical suspicion towards the great figures of the past. In an echo of his dramatic theories, the audience is confronted with its own task of active interpretation rather than passive acceptance -- we have to work out our own views about Mr Julius Caesar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition is translated by Charles Osborne and features an introduction and editorial notes by Anthony Phelan and Tom Kuhn.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBertolt Brecht \u003c\/b\u003e(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 \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Opera\u003c\/i\u003e and, while exiled from Germany and living in the USA, such masterpieces as \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Galileo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Courage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Caucasian Chalk Circle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ePhelan\u003c\/b\u003e is an Emeritus Fellow of Keble College, the University of Oxford, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Kuhn \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Twentieth-Century German Literature at the University of Oxford, UK.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 28, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717498015807,"sku":"9781472582720","price":49.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d6dd3aa34d99c8df307f155efc6b47aa.webp?v=1765078680","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-business-affairs-of-mr-julius-caesar-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}