Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature - Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition by Erich Auerbach, Willard R. Trask

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

Erich Auerbach, Willard R. Trask

576 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 Homer...

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