Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature - New and Expanded Edition by Edward W. Said, Erich Auerbach, Willard R. Trask

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

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

616 pages • first pub 1942 (view editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 Hom...

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