The Theater of Heiner Müller

This is the first general study in English of Heiner MÜller, arguably the most important German dramatist after Brecht. Its prime aim is to introduce MÜller to an Anglophone public largely unfamiliar with him. MÜller wrote almost all his texts in direct response to other literary works, his typical practice being to imitate the work of existing authors in order to explode or embarass their assumptions about history and its relationship to art. This book attempts to illuminate MÜller's work and thought by way of his carefully chosen alter egos.