The Kraus project by Kraus, Karl, 1874-1936, Franzen, Jonathan, translator instant download

The Kraus project by Kraus, Karl, 1874-1936, Franzen, Jonathan, translator instant download

318 pages ; 22 cm, A hundred years ago, the writings of Viennese satirist Karl Krauswere among the most penetrating and prophetic in Europe: arelentless criticism of the popular media?s manipulation of reality, the dehumanizing machinery of technology and consumerism, and the jingoistic rhetoric of a fading empire, Framzen annotates Kraus the way Draus annotated others, surveys today's cultural and technological landscape and gives us a deeply personal recollection of his first year out of college when he fell in love with Kraus's work, Translated from the German, Includes bibliographical references, Heine and the consequences (1910) -- Nestroy and posterity (1912) -- Afterword to Heine and the consequences (1911) -- Between two strains of life: final word (1917) -- You shouldn't ask (1934)