β Tasanowski, Samuel W
π Fiction
π Czech
β 12 KB
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The Drawings of Heinrich Kley
β Scribed by H. Kley
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Year
- 2012;2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 13 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780486240503
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
This is a new unabridged edition of the two sketchbooks by Heinrich Kley, one of the greatest cartoonists and social satirists of modern times. Kley's drawings combine savage humor that cuts to the bone with unbelievably brilliant draughtsmanship. Several of these sketches have been reprinted time and again, and probably everyone has seen at least one. But until now the main body of Kley's work has been almost completely unavailable, and it has been impossible to savor the full richness of his mocking irony.
First published in Munich in 1909 and 1910, Kley's sketches reflected the growing tensions of the twentieth century and the strong undercurrent of disillusionment that Europe was prey to. His frantic, posturing, iconoclastic brainchildren lash mercilessly at bureaucracy, militarism, false GemΓΌtlichkeit, the eccentricities of reformer, the ballast of majesty, and many more facets of a weary civilization. Anyone interested in caustic social satire will find that these...
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