John Willett

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 891 citations indexed

About

John Willett is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, John Willett has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 891 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in John Willett's work include Theatre and Performance Studies (17 papers), Art, Politics, and Modernism (8 papers) and Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (7 papers). John Willett is often cited by papers focused on Theatre and Performance Studies (17 papers), Art, Politics, and Modernism (8 papers) and Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (7 papers). John Willett collaborates with scholars based in . John Willett's co-authors include Bertolt Brecht, Mordecai Gorelik, Joseph W. Young, Ralph Manheim, David Pace, Marc Silberman, Jennifer E. Michaels, Richard Sheppard, Dagmar Barnouw and Gerhard Charles Rump and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, Leonardo and The Modern Language Review.

In The Last Decade

John Willett

27 papers receiving 440 citations

Hit Papers

Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic 1964 2026 1984 2005 1964 1964 100 200 300 400

Peers

John Willett
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  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts 386
  • Sociology and Political Science 250
  • Literature and Literary Theory 210
  • Philosophy 143
  • Music 107
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Countries citing papers authored by John Willett

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Willett

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Willett

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All Works

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Brecht Collected Plays: 2: Man Equals Man; Elephant Calf; Threepenny Opera; Mahagonny; Seven Deadly Sins
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Brecht then and now = Brecht damals und heute
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In the Jungle of Cities
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5 4
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Bertolt Brecht diaries 1920-1922
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7
Brecht in context : comparative approaches
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Short stories, 1921-1946
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10 9
11 1
12 5
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The rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny ; and, The seven deadly sins of the Petty Bourgeoisie
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14 1
15 1
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The New Sobriety, 1917-1933: Art and Politics in the Weimar Period
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Bertolt Brecht poems
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Brecht Collected Plays: 7: Visions of Simone Machard; Schweyk in the Second World War; Caucasian Chalk Circle; Duchess of Malfi
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Brecht on Theatre breakdown →
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Drums in the Night
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