"Mimesis": The Representation of Reality in Western Literature (New and Expanded Edition) | Erich Auerbach, Edward W. Said

"The compass and the richness of the book can hardly be exaggerated. This is true too of the originality of Mr. Auerbach&apos;s critical method which is at once encyclopedic and microscopic, combining the disciplines of philology, literary criticism, and history."--<b>New York Times</b><br /><br />"One of the great works of literary scholarship. . . . Auerbach&apos;s method . . . is to fasten with fastidious sensitivity on some stray phrase or passage in order to unpack from it a wealth of historical insight. It is his combination of scholarly erudition and critical astuteness which is most remarkable."--<b>Terry Eagleton, London Review of Books</b><br /><br />"One of the most important and readable books in literary criticism of the past 15 years . . . The author, beginning with Homer and the Bible, traces the imitation of life in literature through the ages . . .touching upon every major literary figure in western culture on the way."--<b>Publishers Weekly</b><br /><br />"Written wit