The Kraus project : essays : a bilingual edition /

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 ji...

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Main Author: Kraus, Karl, 1874-1936 (Author)
Other Authors: Franzen, Jonathan (Editor), Reitter, Paul (writer of supplemental text.), Kehlmann, Daniel, 1975- (writer of supplemental text.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Essays in German and parallel English; annotations in English.
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
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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.
Physical Description:318 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:0374182213 (hardcover)
9780374182212 (hardcover)