ptisan
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ptisan medicinal decoction, orig. barley-water. XIV. Earlier
tizanne,
tysan, later
ptisane (XVI) — (O)F.
tisane, later †
ptisane — medL.
tisana, L.
ptisana — Gr.
ptisánē peeled barley, barley-water.
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Elias Canetti's Counter-Image of Society: Crowds, Power, Transformation.('Die Freiheit in der Zeit ist die Uberwindung des Todes': Uberleben in der Welt und im unsterblichen Werk. Eine Annaherung an Elias Canetti)(Book review)
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Elias Canetti. Biographie
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A Companion to the Works of Elias Canetti
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A Companion to the Works of Elias Canetti.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
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'Silence, Exile and Cunning'; Party in the Blitz; The English Years; By Elias Canetti
Newspaper article from: Forward; 10/21/2005; ; 700+ words
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Elias Canetti: El Jinete Lateral.(El Angel)
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The Sephardic Legacy of Elias Canetti: Nobel Winner Wrote in German,
Newspaper article from: Forward; 11/4/1994; ; 700+ words
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Canetti, Elias: Elias Canetti.(Book review)(Brief review)
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Elias Canetti
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Elias Canetti , 1905-94, English novelist and essayist, b. Ruschuk (now Ruse), Bulgaria. He came from a Sephardic Jewish background...
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Canetti, Elias
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Canetti, Elias (1905–94) British writer, b. Bulgaria. His first-hand experience of violent anti-Semitism in the 1930s inspired...
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Poets Laureate and Prizes
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...Bellow 1977 Vicente Aleixandre 1978 Isaac Bashevis Singer 1979 Odysseus Elytis 1980 Czesław Milosz 1981 Elias Canetti 1982 Gabriel García Márquez 1983 William Golding 1984 Jaroslav Seifert 1985 Claude Simon 1986 Wole...
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Ruse
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Roman naval station. Under Turkish rule (15th-19th cent.) Ruse, known as Ruschuk, served as a military base. Elias Canetti was born there. The city has a polytechnic institute and is noted for its old churches and mosques.
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