Author

Contributions

  • McVity, Jonathan. - Contributor

Publication

2001 - University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

47,250 words, Guess

Page Count

189 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780252026485
  • Open LibraryOL6777126M

Classifications

  • DDC838/.91202
  • LCCPT2621.R27 S613 2001
  • LCCPT2621.R27S613 2001

Description

"From the decadent turn of the century to the Third Reich, the acerbic satirist Karl Kraus was one of the most famous and feared intellectuals in Europe. Uniquely combining humor with profundity and venom with compassion, Dicta and Contradicta is a bonanza of scandalous wit from Vienna's answer to Oscar Wilde.". "Through the polemical and satirical magazine Die Fackel (the torch), which he founded in 1899, Kraus launched wicked but unrelentingly witty attacks on literary and media corruption, sexual repression, militarism, and the social hypocrisy of fin-de-siecle Vienna. His barbed aphorisms were an essential part of his running commentary on Viennese culture."--BOOK JACKET.

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  • Dicta and contradictaUniversity of Illinois Press2001-01-01

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