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

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

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 generation...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Auerbach, Erich,
Said, Edward W.,
TeilnehmendeR:
Trask, Willard R.
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2014
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Princeton Classics ; 78
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Physical Description:1 online resource (616 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION TO THE FIFTIETH-ANNIVERSARY EDITION
  • MIMESIS
  • 1. ODYSSEUS' SCAR
  • 2. FORTUNATA
  • 3. THE ARREST OF PETER VALVOMERES
  • 4. SICHARIUS AND CHRAMNESINDUS
  • 5. ROLAND AGAINST GANELON
  • 6. THE KNIGHT SETS FORTH
  • 7. ADAM AND EVE
  • 8. FARINATA AND CAVALCANTE
  • 9. FRATE ALBERTO
  • 10. MADAME DU CHASTEL
  • 11. THE WORLD IN PANTAGRUEL'S MOUTH
  • 12. L'HUMAINE CONDITION
  • 13. THE WEARY PRINCE
  • 14. THE ENCHANTED DULCINEA
  • 15. THE FAUX DEVOT
  • 16. THE INTERRUPTED SUPPER
  • 17. MILLER THE MUSICIAN
  • 18. IN THE HOTEL DE LA MOLE
  • 19. GERMINIE LACERTE UX
  • 20. THE BROWN STOCKING
  • EPILOGUE
  • APPENDIX: "EPILEGOMENA TO MIMESIS"
  • INDEX

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