Karl Kraus: Apocalyptic Satirist: Culture and Catastrophe in Habsburg Vienna
Edward Timms • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300044836
Karl Kraus: Apocalyptic Satirist: Culture and Catastrophe in Habsburg Vienna
Edward Timms • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300044836 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300044836 · 1989
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Edward Timms provides a comprehensive examination of Karl Kraus, the formidable Viennese satirist and editor of Die Fackel. This study analyzes how Kraus navigated the collapse of the Habsburg Empire, offering a critical perspective on his relentless campaigns against media corruption, linguistic decay, and the political catastrophes that defined early twentieth-century Austrian intellectual life.
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