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Conceived 'for a theatre on Mars', Kraus' apocalyptic tragedy 'The Last Days of Mankind' is the longest play ever written. A bitingly satirical commentary on the horrors of WWI, it employs a collage of modernist techniques to evoke a despairing vision of the Great War from the perspective of Kraus' hometown, Vienna.
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The Last Days of Mankind, Karl Kraus
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- Released
- 2023
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- Title
- The Last Days of Mankind
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Karl Kraus
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 672
- ISBN10
- 0300271174
- ISBN13
- 9780300271171
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Classics, German Literature, Military Fiction, Wars, Fun, Theatre Plays, World War I (1914–1918), Satire, Tragedy, Austrian Literature, Anti-War
- First published
- 1915
- Original title
- Die letzten Tage der Menschheit
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- Conceived 'for a theatre on Mars', Kraus' apocalyptic tragedy 'The Last Days of Mankind' is the longest play ever written. A bitingly satirical commentary on the horrors of WWI, it employs a collage of modernist techniques to evoke a despairing vision of the Great War from the perspective of Kraus' hometown, Vienna.