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Erich Auerbach

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born

November 09, 1892 in Berlin, Germany

died

October 13, 1957

gender

male

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Nonfiction

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Giambattista Vico

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German philologist Erich Auerbach served as professor of Romance philology at Marburg University (1929-35), taught at the Turkish State University in Istanbul (1936-47), and became professor of French and Romance philology at Yale University in 1950. He published several books and many papers on Dante, Medieval Latin literature, methods of historical criticism, and the influence of Christian symbolism on literature. He is best known for Mimesis , a volume on literary criticism written in Turkey, first published in Berne, Switzerland in 1946, and subsequently widely translated.

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Average rating: 4.26 · 624 ratings · 49 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature by Erich Auerbach, Willard R. Trask (Translator), Edward W. Said (Introduction) 4.25 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 1946 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Dante: Poet of the Secular World by Erich Auerbach, Ralph Manheim (Translator), Michael Dirda (Introduction) 4.22 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1929 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Literary Language & Its Public in Late Latin Antiquity and in the Middle Ages by Erich Auerbach, Annie Auerbach, Ralph Manheim (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	Scenes from the Drama of European Literature by Erich Auerbach, Paolo Valesio (Foreword) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Figura 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Lingua Letteraria E Pubblico Nella Tarda Antichità Latina E Nel Medioevo by Erich Auerbach, F. Codino (Translator) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007	My rating:
	Introduzione Alla Filologia Romanza 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Philologie der Weltliteratur - Filologia della letteratura mondiale by Erich Auerbach, Regina Engelman (Translator), Enrica Salvaneschi (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Erich Auerbachs Briefe An Martin Hellweg (1939 1950): Edition Und Historisch Philologischer Kommentar (German Edition) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Scenes From The Drama Of European Literature: Six Essays 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:

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Quotes by Erich Auerbach

“Abraham’s actions are explained not only by what is happening to him at the moment, nor yet only by his character (as Achilles’ actions by his courage and his pride, and Odysseus’ by his versatility and foresightedness), but by his previous history; he remembers, he is constantly conscious of, what God has promised him and what God has already accomplished for him—his soul is torn between desperate rebellion and hopeful expectation; his silent obedience is multilayered, has background. Such a problematic psychological situation as this is impossible for any of the Homeric heroes, whose destiny is clearly defined and who wake every morning as if it were the first day of their lives: their emotions, though strong, are simple and find expression instantly.”
― Erich Auerbach, Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature

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“The Scripture stories do not, like Homer’s, court our favor, they do not flatter us that they may please us and enchant us—they seek to subject us, and if we refuse to be subjected we are rebels.”
― Erich Auerbach, Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature

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