''The Last Days of Mankind'' (german: Die letzten Tage der Menschheit) is a satirical play by
Karl Kraus. It is considered one of the most important of Kraus's works.
One third of the play is drawn from documentary sources and is highly realistic, except the final scenes which are of
expressionist
Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...
genre.
[Knight, Charles A. (2004) Literature of Satire p.255]
Notes and references
Further reading
''"Die letzten Tage der Menschheit" im Bunker'' Spiegel Online, April 22, 1999
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External links
Hanns Eisler
in German at Project Gutenberg
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Website with iconography to all scenes www.letztetage.com
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20th-century German literature
German-language plays
1918 plays