Carl Zuckmayer Criticism Tracing Endangered Fame

Carl Zuckmayer (1890-1971) ranks with Bertolt Brecht and Gerhart Hauptmann as one of the most popular and significant German dramatists of the twentieth century; The Merry Vineyard (1925), marking the end of German Expressionism, his comedy The Captain of Köpenick (1931), a scathing satire of German militarism, and The Devil's General (1946), about a Nazi general and German resistance, are among the most frequently performed plays in German theatrical history. Wagener traces the development of Zuckmayer criticism from reviews to general assessments, from a biographical approach to the New Criticism and finally feminist criticism, paying particular attention to the role of the Carl Zuckmayer Society in the critical discourse about this neglected author.Wagener, Hans is the author of 'Carl Zuckmayer Criticism Tracing Endangered Fame' with ISBN 9781571130648 and ISBN 1571130640.