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This book examines the continuing relevance of Büchner in the early twenty-first century, in terms of politics, science, philosophy, aesthetics, performance and cultural studies, uniquely combining close readings with wide-ranging cultural, theatrical, philosophical and theoretical contextualizations.
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Review Quotes: "The editors of this substantial volume, [...] tend to avoid simplistic labelling and prefer to look at interesting parallels and contrasts. They welcome the former GDR's approach of seeing Büchner as activist rather than artist [...]" - Osman Durrani, University of Kent, UK, in: Modern Language Review, Vol. 113 Part 3 pp. 681-682