The Conscience of Words
by Elias Canetti
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Escritor b lgaro, Premio Nobel de Literatura 1981, ofrece en el presente volumen una muestra de sus reflexiones en torno a la inteligencia, la cultura y la historia del siglo XX, bajo la premisa de un profundo amor por el lenguaje que distingue a los hombres de conocimiento.Tags
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Este quinto y último volumen de sus Obras completas recupera ensayos, entrevistas y discursos, en una selección que abarca numerosos textos inéditos en castellano, además de las únicas piezas teatrales que publicó en vida. La boda (1932), Comedia de la vanidad (1934) y Los emplazados (1954) nos recuerdan la originalidad del teatro de Canetti, quien en numerosas ocasiones afirmó que se consideraba ante todo un dramaturgo. Este volumen recupera además textos esenciales para cualquier aproximación a su obra, con lúcidas reflexiones acerca del poder y la creación artística, el mal y el compromiso ético, y discursos como La profesión del escritor: «Quien no tome conciencia de la situación del mundo en que vivimos, show more difícilmente tendrá algo que decir sobre él». show less
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Elias Canetti was born in Rustschuk, Bulgaria on July 25, 1905 into a Sephardic Jewish family. He was educated in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria and received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Vienna in 1929. He wrote novels and plays in German. His works explored the emotions of crowds, the psychopathology of power, and the position show more of the individual at odds with the society around him. His novels include Auto-da- Fé and Masse und Macht. His plays include Hochzeit, Komödie der Eitelkeit, and Die Befristeten. He also published excerpts from his notebooks, a book of character sketches, and an autobiography. He received numerous awards including the Vienna Prize in 1966, the Critics Prize (Germany) in 1967, the Great Austrian State Prize in 1967, the Buchner Prize in 1972, the Sachs Prize in 1975, the Hebbel Prize in 1980, and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1981. He died on August 14, 1994. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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dtv (1377)
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- Canonical title*
- Het geweten in woorden
- Original title
- Das Gewissen der Worte
- Original publication date
- 1975 (Duits) (Duits); 1984 (Nederlands) (Nederlands)
- Important places*
- Oostenrijk; Roese, Bulgarije; Bulgarije
- Original language*
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 834.912 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures German essays 1900- 1900-1990 1900-1945
- LCC
- PT2605 .A58 .G4513 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures German literature Individual authors or works 1860/70-1960
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