A Companion to the Works of Elias Canetti
A Companion to the Works of Elias Canetti (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)
Dagmar C.G. Lorenz (Editor)
Publisher: Camden House
ISBN: 1571132341
DDC: 833.912
Edition: Hardcover; 2004-06
Summary:
The Bulgarian-born scholar and author Elias Canetti (1905-1994) was
one of the most astute witnesses and analysts of the mass movements
and wars of the first half of the twentieth century. Born a Sephardic
Jew and raised in the Bulgarian and Ladino languages, he chose to
write in German, identifying as he did with European literary and
intellectual traditions. He was awarded the 1981 Nobel Prize in
Literature for his oeuvre, which includes dramas, essays, diaries,
aphorisms, the novel Die Blendung (Auto-da-Fé), a three-volume
autobiography, and the extensive interdisciplinary treatise Masse und
Macht (Crowds and Power). These writings, most notably Masse und
Macht, express Canetti's thought-provoking ideas on culture and the
human psyche with special focus on the phenomena of power, conflict,
and survival. Canetti's masterful prose, his linguistic innovations,
his brilliant satires and conceits continue to fascinate scholars and
general readers alike, and his intellectually challenging,
genre-bending writings merge theory and literature, essay and diary
entry. His philosophical and anthropological works are profoundly
influenced by literature, while his literary texts are informed by
his theory. The Companion to the Works of Elias Canetti contains
original essays by renowned international scholars working at the
forefront of Canetti criticism. They examine the writings of this
extraordinary writer and thinker in the context of pre - and
post-fascist Europe, providing a comprehensive scholarly introduction
to Canetti. The essays include detailed interpretations of individual
texts as well as comprehensive thematic and theoretical studies
devoted to Canetti's work as part of the Western philosophical and
critical tradition.
A Companion to the Works of Alfred Döblin
(Roland Dollinger (Editor), Wulf Koepke (Editor), Heidi Thomann Tewarson (Editor); ISBN: 1571131248;
Hardcover; 2003-11-14; 69% match)
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