Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 17, No. 131.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 11:24:47 +0100
From: kaskew@umich.edu
Subject: Brecht quote
Dear Prof. McCarty,
I am a professor at the University of Michigan and am trying to locate the
source of a Brecht quote -- "Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a
hammer with which to shape it" -- that you too were once interested in,
according to the following posting to the Humanist Discussion Group from
February 2000. I am wondering, did you ever find the source of this quote?
Thanking you in advance,
Kelly Askew
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology, and
Center for Afroamerican and African Studies
The University of Michigan
tel: (734) 764-2337
email: kaskew@umich.edu
[NB One problem with locating the source for the above quotation is that
it's also attributed to Karl Marx, not surprisingly -- at more than one
place on the Web, "Kunst ist nicht ein Spiegel, den man der Wirklichkeit
vorhaelt, sondern ein Hammer, mit dem man sie gestaltet." Unfortunately no
one online, as far as I can determine, says where in Marx or Brecht these
words or ones close to them may be found. Again, your kind help please. --WM]
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