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<html><body><h1>Party in the Blitz</h1>THE ENGLISH YEARS<hr noshade size="1">By ELIAS CANETTI</hr><h4>A New Directions Book</h4>Copyright &copy; 2003 Elias Canetti Estate All right reserved. ISBN: 0-8112-1636-5 <hr noshade size='1'></hr><h3>Contents</h3><pre>Out of England.....................................................................................................1No-one in England or The Silence of Contempt.......................................................................14Amersham...........................................................................................................25"Durris", Stubbs Wood, Chesham Bois................................................................................32The Street Sweeper.................................................................................................48Herbert Read.......................................................................................................52Vices and Virtues of English Parties...............................................................................56Hampstead: A Gathering of Poets....................................................................................58Kathleen Raine.....................................................................................................62Aymer and his Mother...............................................................................................67Visit in Mochrum...................................................................................................69Lord David Stewart.................................................................................................74Mrs Phillimore. Bertrand Russell...................................................................................79Arthur Waley.......................................................................................................93Diana Spearman.....................................................................................................101Enoch Powell.......................................................................................................105Veronica Wedgwood..................................................................................................109Misery at Parties..................................................................................................111Franz Steiner......................................................................................................114Downshire Hill.....................................................................................................122J. D. Bernal.......................................................................................................126Geoffrey Pyke......................................................................................................129Freddie Uhlman.....................................................................................................133Ce poids! Ce poids!................................................................................................138Henry Moore and Roland Penrose. The Party in the Blitz. The Battle of Britain. Hampstead Heath.....................141Hampstead Church Row. The Cemetery.................................................................................143The Party at Penrose's. The Firemen................................................................................147The Freemasons Arms. Friedl........................................................................................150Friedl's Generosity. The Blouse. Stevie Smith......................................................................152Oskar Kokoschka....................................................................................................154Iris Murdoch.......................................................................................................161Vaughan Williams...................................................................................................176Aymer..............................................................................................................180England, an Island.................................................................................................185Speed..............................................................................................................188Some Varieties of Arrogance........................................................................................190Afterword by Jeremy Adler..........................................................................................197A Note on the Text.................................................................................................236List of Illustrations..............................................................................................238Notes..............................................................................................................239Index..............................................................................................................245</pre> </pre><blockquote><hr noshade size='1'>Excerpted from Party in the Blitzby ELIAS CANETTI Copyright &copy 2003 by Elias Canetti Estate . Excerpted by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. Excerpts are provided by Dial-A-Book Inc. solely for the personal use of visitors to this web site.<hr noshade size='1'></blockquote></body></html>

"Party in the Blitz, a new volume of Elias Canetti's autobiography, comes as a surprise gift to celebrate the Nobel Laureate's 100th birthday."

Party in the Blitz : the English years