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almafu_9960117070902883
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ISBN:
1-57113-640-1
Series Statement:
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
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The Bulgarian-born scholar and author Elias Canetti was one of the most astute witnesses and analysts of the mass movements and wars of the first half of the 20th century. Born a Sephardic Jew and raised at first in the Bulgarian and Ladino languages, he chose to write in German. He was awarded the 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature for his oeuvre, which includes dramas, essays, diaries, aphorisms, the novel 〈I〉Die Blendung〈/I〉 (Auto-da-Fé) and the long interdisciplinary treatise 〈I〉Masse und Macht〈/I〉 (Crowds and Power). These works 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 scholarsand general readers alike; his challenging, genre-bending writings merge theory and literature, essay and diary entry. This Companion volume contains original essays by renowned scholars from aroundthe world who examine Canetti's writing and thought in the context of pre- and post-fascist Europe, providing a comprehensive scholarly introduction. Contributors: William C. Donahue, Anne Fuchs, HansReiss, Julian Preece, Wolfgang Mieder, Sigurd P. Scheichel, Helga Kraft, Harriet Murphy, Irene S. Di Maio, Ritchie Robertson, Johannes G. Pankau, Dagmar C.G. Lorenz, Penka Angelova and Svoboda A. Dimitrova, Michael Mack.〈BR〉Dagmar C. G. Lorenz is professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 May 2017).
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""CONTENTS ""; ""CANETTI'S PRINCIPAL WORKS ""; ""ABBREVIATIONS OF WORKS FREQUENTLY CITED ""; ""Introduction""; ""Canetti's Global Significance""; ""Good-Bye to All That: Elias Canetti's Obituaries""; ""Writing and Language""; """The Deeper Nature of My German": Mother Tongue, Subjectivity, and the Voice of the Other in Elias Canetti's Autobiography""; ""Elias Canetti's Attitude to Writers and Writings""; ""Canetti and the Question of Genre""; ""The Works: Themes and Genres""; """The Faultiest Expressions Have the Greatest Attraction": Elias Canetti's Proverbial Aphorisms""
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""Canetti's Aufzeichnungen""""Staging a Critique of Modernism: Elias Canetti's Plays""; """Gute Reisende sind herzlos": Canetti in Marrakesh""; ""Space in Elias Canetti's Autobiographical Trilogy""; ""Philosophy and Social Thought""; ""Canetti and Nietzsche: An Introduction to Masse und Macht""; ""Images of Male and Female in Canetti's Fictional, Autobiographical, and Theoretical Work""; ""Canetti's Final Frontier: The Animal""; ""Historical Contexts""; ""Canetti, Roustchouk, and Bulgaria: The Impact of Origin on Canetti's Work""; ""Elias Canetti's Response to the Shoah: Masse und Macht""
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""WORKS CITED """"NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS ""; ""INDEX ""
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ISBN 1-57113-234-1
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781571136404
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