Mimesis The Representation of Reality in Western Literature - New and Expanded Edition

Name: Mimesis The Representation of Reality in Western Literature - New and Expanded Edition
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ISBN: 9780691160221

ISBN-10: 0691160228

ISBN-13: 9780691160221

Edition: 2014 (Revised)

Authors: Erich Auerbach, Willard R. Trask, Edward W. Said

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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 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, never before translated into English, in which Auerbach responds to his critics.A German Jew, Auerbach was forced out of his professorship at the University of Marburg in 1935. He left for Turkey, where he taught at the state university in Istanbul. There he…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/6/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 616
Size: 8.54" wide x 5.71" long x 1.59" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Introduction to the Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition



Odysseus' Scar



Fortunata



The Arrest of Peter Valvomeres



Sicharius and Chramnesindus



Roland Against Ganelon



The Knight Sets Forth



Adam and Eve



Farinata and Cavalcante



Frate Alberto



Madame Du Chastel



The World in Pantagruel's Mouth



L'Humaine Condition



The Weary Prince



The Enchanted Dulcinea



The Faux Dï¿½vot



The Interrupted Supper



Miller the Musician



In the Hï¿½tel de la Mole



Germinie Lacerteux



The Brown Stocking


Epilogue


Appendix


Index