Crowds and Power is a revolutionary work in which Elias Canetti finds a new way of looking at human history and psychology. Breathtaking in its range and erudition, it explores Shiite festivals and the English Civil war, the finger exercises of monkeys and the effects of inflation in Weimar Germany. In this study of the interplay of crowds, Canetti offers one of the most profound and startling portraits of the human condition.
Crowds and Power is a revolutionary work in which Elias Canetti finds a new way of looking at human history and psychology. Breathtaking in ...
Eliza Haywood was one of the most popular and versatile writers of the eighteenth century. The two novellas in this edition The Rash Resolve (1724) and Life s Progress (1748) show her developing and adapting her ideas on the subject of passion and romance. Though superficially presented as cautionary tales, Haywood introduces a feminist slant."
Eliza Haywood was one of the most popular and versatile writers of the eighteenth century. The two novellas in this edition The Rash Resolve (1724) an...
Interest in the work of Eliza Haywood has increased greatly over the last two decades. Though much scholarship is focused on her scandalous early career, this critical edition of The Invisible Spy (1755) adds to the canon of her later, more sophisticated work."
Interest in the work of Eliza Haywood has increased greatly over the last two decades. Though much scholarship is focused on her scandalous early care...
