The Kraus Project: Essays by Karl Kraus

by Jonathan Franzen and Karl Kraus

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A great American writer's confrontation with a great European critic-a personal and intellectual awakening

A hundred years ago, the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus was among the most penetrating and farsighted writers in Europe. In his self-published magazine, Die Fackel, Kraus brilliantly attacked the popular media's manipulation of reality, the dehumanizing machinery of technology and consumer capitalism, and the jingoistic...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0374182213

ISBN13:9780374182212

Release Date:October 2013

Publisher:Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.03 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.9" x 8.4"

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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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