{"product_id":"mimesis-the-representation-of-reality-in-western-literature-new-and-expanded-edition-paperback","title":"Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature - New and Expanded Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErich Auerbach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWillard R. Trask\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eEdward W. Said\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe classic book that has taught generations how to read Western literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than half a century after its translation into English, Erich Auerbach's \u003ci\u003eMimesis\u003c\/i\u003e 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 depict reality has taught generations how to read Western literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA German Jew who was forced out of his professorship at the University of Marburg in 1935, Auerbach left for Turkey, where he taught in Istanbul. There he wrote \u003ci\u003eMimesis\u003c\/i\u003e, publishing it in German after the war. Displaced as he was, Auerbach produced a work of great erudition that contains no footnotes, basing his arguments instead on searching, illuminating readings of key passages from his primary texts. His aim was to show how, from antiquity to modernity, literature progresses toward ever more naturalistic and democratic forms of representation. Ranging over works in Greek, Latin, Spanish, French, Italian, German, and English, Auerbach uses his remarkable skills in philology and comparative literature to present an optimistic view of Western history and culture and to refute any narrow form of nationalism or chauvinism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis expanded Princeton Classics edition of \u003ci\u003eMimesis\u003c\/i\u003e includes a substantial introduction by Edward Said as well as an essay in which Auerbach responds to his critics.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To describe \u003ci\u003eMimesis\u003c\/i\u003e as a classic is to offer something of a dismissive understatement, which conveys nothing of the excitement of this book, as fresh and direct, as untechnical, as when it first appeared. To say that it constitutes virtually a history of Western literature is to omit adding that it writes that history in a way that is still new and stimulating, with nothing of the manual about it, a synchronic kind of history with which we are only just now catching up. It is also important to stress the novel relationship Auerbach establishes between sentence or syntax and narrative form; and the world-wide democratic perspective in which he framed his work which has only become visible since globalization. \u003ci\u003eMimesis\u003c\/i\u003e is certainly one of the half dozen most important literary-critical works of the twentieth century.\"\u003cb\u003e--Fredric R. Jameson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Written in exile, from what Auerbach called with grave irony his 'incomparable historical vantage point, ' \u003ci\u003eMimesis\u003c\/i\u003e is a magnificent achievement. For me, as for many others, this hugely ambitious, wise account of the representation of reality in Western literature, at once a celebration and a lament, is one of the essential works of literary criticism.\"\u003cb\u003e--Stephen Greenblatt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Every student of literature should know \u003ci\u003eMimesis\u003c\/i\u003e, arguably the single greatest work of 20th-century criticism. How do writers--from Homer and Dante to Stendhal and Virginia Woolf--depict the world? To explore this question, Erich Auerbach brings to bear the authority of truly encyclopedic learning and the persuasiveness of a supple, humane literary intelligence. Yes, \u003ci\u003eMimesis\u003c\/i\u003e is magisterial, but it is also thrilling to read, inspiring, and more relevant than ever: A masterpiece.\"\u003cb\u003e--Michael Dirda\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErich Auerbach\u003c\/b\u003e (1892-1957) was Sterling Professor of Romance Languages at Yale University. He is widely recognized as one of the foundational figures of comparative literature.\u003cb\u003e Edward W. Said\u003c\/b\u003e (1935-2003) was professor of literature at Columbia University and the author of \u003ci\u003eOrientalism.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 616\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.59 x 8.45 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45836255920325,"sku":"9780691160221","price":36.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/BMLVaTX0aU9780691160221.webp?v=1781272932","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/mimesis-the-representation-of-reality-in-western-literature-new-and-expanded-edition-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}