Main entry:

Auerbach, Erich, 1892-1957, author

Title & Author:

Mimesis : The representation of reality in Western literature / by Erich Auerbach ; translated from the German by Willard R. Trask ; with a new introduction by Edward W. Said.

Edition:

Fiftieth anniversary edition

Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2003
©2003

Description:

xxxii, 579 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

Princeton paperbacks

Notes:
"Written in Istanbul between May 1942 and April 1945. First published in Berne, Switzerland, 1946, by A. Francke Ltd. Co."--from title page verso.
The translation "Epilegomena to Mimesis" taken from the German essay "Epilegomena zu Mimesis" by Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main.--from title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to the Fiftieth-Anniversary Edition -- 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 Lacerteux -- 20. The Brown Stocking -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Index.
In English ; translated from the German.

Summary:

"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 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 by Auerbach he responds to his critics."--from the back cover.

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ISBN:

0739454129
9780739454121
069111336X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780691113364 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Literature History and criticism.
Reality in literature.
Mimesis in literature.
Littérature Histoire et critique.
Réalité dans la littérature.
Mimêsis dans la littérature.
17.89 literary theory: other.
Literature
Literatur
Mimesis
Wirklichkeit
Europa

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Trask, Willard R. (Willard Ropes), 1900-1980, translator.
Said, Edward W., writer of introduction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227506
Call No.: PN56.R3 A83 2003
Status: Available