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Karl Kraus
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).
World Poetry Day
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Discover
Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
How Deadly Is Quicksand?
Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.
6 Wars of Independence
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.
Where Is “Old Zealand”?
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?
Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Karl Kraus: Facts & Related Content

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Born April 28, 1874 • Czechoslovakia
Died June 12, 1936 (aged 62) • Vienna • Austria
Notable Works “Die letzten Tage der Menschheit”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
T.S. Eliot, 1955
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
Jeannette Leonard Gilder
American editor and writer
Paul Ernst
Paul Ernst
German writer
Hofmannsthal, photograph by Thea Sternheim, 1911; in the Schiller-Nationalmuseum, Marbach, Ger.
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Austrian author
Ilse Aichinger
Austrian author
Bahr, 1916
Hermann Bahr
Austrian writer
Ferdinand Kürnberger
Austrian writer
Gotthold Lessing, detail of an oil painting by Georg May, 1768; in the Gleimhaus, Halberstadt, Ger.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German author
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold
British critic
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
Smollett, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, about 1770; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Tobias Smollett
Scottish novelist
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist
John Marston
British dramatist
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams
American poet
Johann Christoph Gottsched
German literary critic
Grabbe, portrait after a lithograph by Weibezahl
Christian Dietrich Grabbe
German writer
Massimo Bontempelli
Italian poet
Georg Philipp Harsdörfer
German poet

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
Famous Poets and Poetic Form
Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry