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Peter (Ulrich) Weiss | | Variant Name: |
Peter (Ulrich) Weiss, Peter Ulrich Weiss | | Birth Date: |
November 8, 1916 | | Death Date: |
May 10, 1982 | | Nationality: |
German | | Ethnicity: |
Czech, Swiss | | Gender: |
Male |
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 Biography of Peter (Ulrich) Weiss
4,269 words, approx. 14 pages
 Peter Weiss was a writer whose entire life was dominated by feelings of alienation and deepseated insecurity. As a youth he made frequent attempts to escape from the social conventions into which he was born and to free himself from his parents'... summary from source:
Biography of Peter (Ulrich) Weiss
2,488 words, approx. 8 pages
Peter Weiss's play Die Verfolgung und Ermordung Jean-Paul Marats, dargestellt durch die Schauspielgruppe des Hospizes zu Charenton unter Anleitung des Herrn de Sade (1964; translated as The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed... 
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 Peter Weiss Quotes
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 Peter Weiss ( 1916-11-08 - 1982-05-10 ) was a German-born Swedish writer, painter and filmmaker. Sourced I could buy myself paper, a pen, a pencil and a brush and could create pictures whenever and wherever I wanted. ... That evening, in the spring of...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Peter Weiss Information
1,286 words, approx. 4 pages
Peter Ulrich Weiss (November 8, 1916 – May 10, 1982) was a German writer, painter, and artist of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his play Marat/Sade and his novel The Aesthetics of...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Kathleen A. Vance
13,827 words, approx. 46 pages
In the following essay, Vance investigates the alienation of the characters in Der Schatten des Körpers des Kutschers, concluding that “the degree to which the characters are self-absorbed in their occupations measures the extent to which they are estranged from themselves, from each other, and from the world about them.”
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Critical Essay by Stanton B. Garner, Jr.
10,412 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Garner considers the influence of Bertolt Brecht on Weiss's work and classifies Weiss's dramas as post-Brechtian.
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