Elias Canetti's Counter-Image of Society: Crowds, Power, Transformation

by Jóhann P. Árnason and David Roberts

Pursues the unresolved question of Canetti's place as a cultural and civilizational critic.

The award of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1981 has seemingly assured Elias Canetti's place in literary history. But his significance as a cultural critic has not been adequately recognized. The present study redresses this situation in two ways: by mapping the counter-image of human existence, history, and society that informs Canetti's critique...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571131604
• ISBN13: 9781571131607
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"