- History and criticism, Literature, Reality in literature, Mimesis in literature
From the Back Cover: One of the most significant works of literary criticism of this century, Erich Auerbach's MIMESIS undertakes a new and profound approach to major moments in Western literature.
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Earnest, grave, epic and cool.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Erich Auerbach
- First published
- 1950
- Pages
- 561
- Publisher
- Fondo de Cultura Económica, Francke, Ithaki Yayinlari
- Editions
- 57
- Language
- fin, Italian, tur, per
- ISBN
- 9780691012698
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