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

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

Edward W. Said, Erich Auerbach with Willard R. Trask (Translator)

579 pages first pub 1942 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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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 Virgi...

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