Karl Kraus, Fred Bridgham, Edward Timms

Broschiertes Buch

The Last Days of Mankind

The Complete Text

Übersetzer: Bridgham, Fred; Timms, Edward

Beschreibung

Hailed by Bertolt Brecht as the great dramatic work of Modernism, this celebrated WWI drama is a satirical indictment of the glory of war. Translated into English in its entirety for the first time, the innovative play remains fully relevant a century after it was written.

Autor

The Austrian Jewish author Karl Kraus (1874-1936) was the foremost German-language satirist of the twentieth century. As editor of the journal Die Fackel (The Torch) he conducted a sustained critique of propaganda and the press, expressed through polemical essays, witty aphorisms, and resonant poems. Edward Timms, founding director of the University of Sussex Centre for German-Jewish Studies, is best known for his two-volume study Karl Kraus--Apocalyptic Satirist. The title of his memoirs, Taking Up the Torch, reflects his long-standing interest in Kraus's journal. Fred Bridgham is the author of wide-ranging studies in German literature, history, and the history of ideas. His translations of lieder and opera include Hans Werner Henze's The Prince of Homburg for performance by English National Opera.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 155mm x 47mm
• Gewicht: 806g
• ISBN-13: 9780300271171
• ISBN-10: 0300271174
• Artikelnr.: 66173276