Gerhart Hauptmann's "Before Daybreak" : A Translation and an Introduction

"Before Daybreak", the first important drama of German naturalism, was also the first play of Gerhart Hauptmann, the most significant naturalist of the theater. This translation by Peter Bauland (originally published in 1978) is the first colloquially convincing English version that captur...

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Main Author: Bauland, Peter (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1978
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