by Georg Büchner · Suhrkamp Verlag · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518188897
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«Danton's Tod» is a drama by Georg Büchner published by Suhrkamp Verlag in paperback (199 pages, in German).
The work dramatizes the fall of Georges Danton: revolutionary idealism confronts disillusionment, the struggle for power and the certainty of death. The volume adds a commentary with chronology, history of the work's creation and reception, and lexical and historical notes.
The work was originally published in 1835; this edition belongs to the Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek (No. 89), with commentary and appendix by Joachim Hagner.
Working edition for the classroom and study: its supplementary materials make it useful for secondary and university students of German.
Karl Georg Büchner was a German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose, considered part of the Young Germany movement. He was also a revolutionary and the brother of physician and philosopher Ludwig Büchner. His literary achievements, though limited by his death at age 23, are generally held in great esteem in Germany. Despite his brief career, his plays profoundly influenced naturalism, expressionism, and later developments in European theater.
