Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature - Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition - Softcover

Auerbach, Erich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 069111336X ISBN 13: 9780691113364

Verlag: Princeton University Press, 2003

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"The compass and the richness of the book can hardly be exaggerated. This is true too of the originality of Mr. Auerbach's critical method which is at once encyclopedic and microscopic, combining the disciplines of philology, literary criticism, and history."--The New York Times

"One of the most important and readable books in literary criticism of the past 15 years . . . The author, beginning with Homer and the Bible,...

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A half-century after its translation into English, Erich Auerbach's Mimesis still stands as a monumental achievement in literary criticism. A brilliant display of erudition, wit, and wisdom, his exploration of how great European writers from Homer to Virginia Woolf depicted reality has taught generations how to read Western literature. This new expanded edition includes a substantial essay in introduction by Edward Said as well as an essay,...

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• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 069111336X
• ISBN 13: 9780691113364
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 616