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Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature - New and Expanded Edition
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The classic book that has taught generations how to read Western literature
More than half a century after its translation into English, Erich Auerbach’s Mimesis remains a masterpiece of literary criticism. A brilliant display of erudition, wit, and wisdom, his exploration of how great European writers from Homer to Virginia Woolf depict reality has taught generations how to read Western literature.
A German Jew who was forced out of his professorship at the University of Marburg in 1935, Aue...
More than half a century after its translation into English, Erich Auerbach’s Mimesis remains a masterpiece of literary criticism. A brilliant display of erudition, wit, and wisdom, his exploration of how great European writers from Homer to Virginia Woolf depict reality has taught generations how to read Western literature.
A German Jew who was forced out of his professorship at the University of Marburg in 1935, Aue...