| Edition |
First edition, A bilingual edition. |
| Description |
318 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Franzen presents new translations and annotations of the work of early twentieth-century satirist Karl Kraus, who, via his self-published magazine Die Fackel, "attacked the popular media's manipulation of reality, the dehumanizing machinery of technology and consumer capitalism, and the jingoistic rhetoric of a fading empire"--Dust jacket flap. |
| Contents |
Heine and the consequences (1910) -- Nestroy and posterity (1912) -- Afterword to Heine and the consequences (1911) -- Between two strains of life: final word (1917) -- Let no one ask... (1934) |
| Language |
Essays in German and parallel English; annotations in English. |
| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Subject |
Essays.
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| Added Author |
Franzen, Jonathan, editor of compilation.
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Reitter, Paul, writer of added commentary.
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Kehlmann, Daniel, 1975- writer of added commentary.
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| ISBN |
9780374182212 hardback |
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0374182213 hardback |
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