{"product_id":"the-danton-case-and-thermidor-two-plays-paperback","title":"The Danton Case and Thermidor: Two Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStanislawa Przybyszewska\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBoleslaw Taborski\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanislawa Przybyszewski is recognized as a major twentieth-century playwright on the basis of her trilogy about the French Revolution, of which \u003ci\u003eThe Danton Case\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThermidor\u003c\/i\u003e are the principal parts. \u003ci\u003eThe Danton Case \u003c\/i\u003edepicts the battle for power between two exceptional individuals: the corrupt sentimental idealist, Danton, and the incorruptible genius of the Revolution, Robespierre. \u003ci\u003eThermidor \u003c\/i\u003eshows the final playing out of this drama, as Robespierre, left alone with the heroic absolutist Saint-Just, foresees the ruin of himself and his cause, and in his despair predicts that hatred, war, and capitalism will steal the Revolution and corrupt nineteenth-century man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTANISLAWA PRZYBYSZEWSKI \u003c\/b\u003e(1901-1935), the illegitimate daughter of the modernist writer Stanislaw Przybyszewski, became famous in her own right only after her death. Today she is recognized as a major twentieth-century playwright on the basis of her trilogy about the French Revolution, of which \u003ci\u003eThe Danton Case\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThermidor\u003c\/i\u003e are the principal parts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOLESLAW TABORSKI\u003c\/b\u003e, a poet, theatre critic, and translator, is the author of \u003ci\u003eByron and the Teatre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePolish Plays in English Translations: A Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e. His translations also include two works by Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II), \u003ci\u003eCollected Plays and Writings on Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e and The Jeweler's Shop, and Jan Kott's \u003ci\u003eShakespeare Our Contemporary. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDANIEL GEROULD \u003c\/b\u003eis Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. He has published numerous translations of Polish works and with Jadwiga Kosicka is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eA Life of Solitude: Stanis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003elawa Przybyszewska: \u003c\/i\u003e A Biographical Study with Selected Letters, also published by Northwestern University Press.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 297\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.01 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 1990\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47219717898489,"sku":"9780810108066","price":39.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NCs2MGsvd3ZoTUVETURuSXpEVDBEZz09.webp?v=1768170100","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-danton-case-and-thermidor-two-plays-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}