The Theatrical World of Karl Kraus
by
Karl GRIMSTAD
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1982
'When the name "Hitler" is mentioned, nothing occurs to me' – so said Karl Kraus. For this leading Viennese Jewish critic and intellectual the touchstone of art was ethics. How could he be speechless in the face of a threat to all that ethics means?
To answer this question, the...