Dario Maestripieri

Science Meets Literature

What Elias Canetti's Auto-da-Fé Tells Us about the Human Mind and Human Behavior

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Produktbeschreibung

"Science Meets Literature" analyzes and discusses Elias Canetti's 1935 novel "Auto-da-Fé" (original German title, "Die Blendung") as an example of the way in which literature can contribute to the scientific understanding of the human mind and human behavior.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 486g
• ISBN-13: 9781785270697
• ISBN-10: 1785270699
• Artikelnr.: 57391552

Autorenporträt

Dario Maestripieri, a professor at the University of Chicago, USA, is an interdisciplinary scholar who is interested in understanding the human mind and human behavior from multiple perspectives.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Why Science and Literature?
2. Elias Canetti: A Visionary Literary Genius on a Quest to Understand Human Nature
3. The Plot of "Auto-da-Fé"
4. "Auto-da-Fé" Is a Novel about Human Nature
5. Major Themes Running through "Auto-da-Fé"
6. Analysis of Part I: A Head without a World
7. Analysis of Part II: Headless World
8. Analysis of Part III: The World in the Head
9. Narrative Strategies in "Auto-da-Fé"
10. Consilience, the Canetti Way
Elias Canetti Bibliography
References
Acknowledgments
Index.