The Lulu Plays and Other Sex Tragedies
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Two of Wedekind's most seminal plays, <i>Earth-Spirit</i> and <i>Pandora's Box</i> both focus on the actions of the young heroine Lulu, who embodies both animal sensuality and waif-like innocence, as she escapes a life on the streets, receives a society education, marries, takes on various lovers, becomes a dancer in a revue, is imprisoned for murder and encounters Jack the Ripper.
When <i>Earth-Spirit</i> was premiered in Leipzig in 1898, Wedekind was vilified and persecuted for advocating unfeigned sexual pleasure and making his heroine a heartless whore. <i>Death and Devil</i> and <i>Castle Wetterstein</i>, the other plays that make up this volume, are essentially extensions of and complementary to the Lulu tragedies.
Product details
| Published | 04 Mar 2020 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9780714549996 |
| Imprint | Calder Publications |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Publisher | Alma Books |
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