
Selected Short Writings
Karl Kraus, Hermann Broch, Elias Canetti, Robert Walser
Dirck Linck(Editor)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published on 1. June 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-8264-1801-2 (ISBN)
Description
The literature of the Wiener Moderne exhibits biting social satire and other related aspects, first emanating from Karl Kraus (1874-1936), a prolific writer, difficult to classify, who reminds people of Jonathan Swift. Novelists and essayists Hermann Broch (1886-1951) and Elias Canetti (1905-94), who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981, were likewise marginalized, to a large extent as Jews. Robert Walser (1878-1956) is Swiss, and to a large extent like the other three authors in this collection, had no less a desire to upset the social applecart. Among the works included are substantive selection from Krauss's "The Last Days of Mankind and Aphorisms", Bloch's "The Anarchist," selections from Canetti's "Crowds and Power and Auto-da-Fe", and Walser's "Jakob von Gunten".
Reviews / Votes
'a...collection of short writings showcasing the richness of the Wiener Moderne.' TLS, 15/09/2006 -- Will Stone * Times Literary Supplement *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-1801-2 (9780826418012)
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Persons
Dirck Linck is working in the field of gay and lesbian literary studies of the 19th and 20th centuries. He is Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature at the Freie Universitat, Berlin, Germany.