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New. Kraus's iconic WWI drama, a satirical indictment of the glory of war, now in English in its entirety for the first time "[A] superb translation."-Bill Marx, Arts Fuse One hundred years after Austrian satirist Karl Kraus began writing his dramatic masterpiece, The Last Days of Mankind remains as powerfully relevant as the day it was first published. Kraus's play enacts the tragic trajectory of the First World War, when mankind raced toward self-destruction by methods of modern warfare while extolling the glory and ignoring the horror of an allegedly "defensive" war. This volume is the first to present a complete English translation of Kraus's towering work, filling a major gap in the availability of Viennese literature from the era of the War to End All Wars. Bertolt Brecht hailed The Last Days as the masterpiece of Viennese modernism. In the apocalyptic drama Kraus constructs a textual collage, blending actual quotations from the Austrian…
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by Karl Kraus; Fred Bridgham (Translator); Edward Timms (Translator)
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- Title The Last Days of Mankind: The Complete Text
- Author Karl Kraus; Fred Bridgham (Translator); Edward Timms (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 672
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Yale University Press
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780300271171 / 0300271174
- Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
- Dimensions 8.98 x 5.91 x 1.42 in (22.81 x 15.01 x 3.61 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Library of Congress subjects Drama, World War, 1914-1918
- Dewey Decimal Code 832.912
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