No Compromise: Selected Writings of Karl Kraus. New York. 1977. Ungar . 0804424853. edited & With An Introduction by Frederick Ungar. 260 pages. hardcover.

DESCRIPTION - A collection of essays and letters written during or soon after World War I from Viennese writer Karl Kraus. FROM THE INTRODUCTION - Karl Kraus is no longer entirely unknown to American readers, as he was only a few years ago. His importance has been increasingly recognized, and there have been several worthwhile publications in English on his life and work. Other widely reviewed books treating of the Vienna of Kraus's time have also helped to create new interest in this greatest satirist of the twentieth century. But Kraus was more than an outstanding satirist. He was one of the finest writers of all time in the German language - aphorist, essayist, poet, culture critic, dramatist. Above all, he was a fighter without peer against corruption of any kind, in particular the corruption of language and the trivialization of life. His work and personality exerted a profound influence on such diverse figures as Ludwig Wittgenstein and Arnold Schonberg and other great minds of his time.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY - Karl Kraus (1874-1936) was the editor of and chief contributor to the journal Die Fackel, the author of dramatic works including The Last Days of Mankind, and a translator of many foreign masterpieces into German. Jonathan McVity holds a bachelor's degree in English from Oxford University.

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