02704nam 2200649Ia 450 991045175160332120200520144314.00-8166-0006-61-4294-5837-29780816612437(CKB)1000000000470955(EBL)310162(OCoLC)171126423(SSID)ssj0000241652(PQKBManifestationID)11200797(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000241652(PQKBWorkID)10316534(PQKB)11441085(MiAaPQ)EBC310162(OCoLC)85846478(MdBmJHUP)muse39807(Au-PeEL)EBL310162(CaPaEBR)ebr10159411(CaONFJC)MIL522492(EXLCZ)99100000000047095520731203d1984 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScenes from the drama of European literature[electronic resource] six essays /by Erich AuerbachGloucester, Mass. Peter Smith19841 online resource (278 p.)Theory and History of LiteratureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8166-1243-9 0-8166-1242-0 Includes bibliographical references and index."Figura" -- St. Francis of Assisi in Dante's "Commedia" -- On the political theory of Pascal -- "La cour et la ville" -- Vico and aesthetic historism -- The aesthetic dignity of the "Fleurs du mal."Scenes from the Drama of European Literature was first published in 1984. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. In his foreword to this reprint of Erich Auerbach's major essays, Paolo Valesio pays tribute to the author with an old saying that he feels is still the best metaphor for the genesis of a literary critic: the critic is born of the marriage of Mercury and Philology. The German-born Auerbach was a scholar who specialized in Romance phiTheory and History of LiteratureLiteratureDramaHistory and criticismElectronic books.Literature.DramaHistory and criticism.809809/.894Auerbach Erich1892-1957.152559MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451751603321Scenes from the drama of European literature2443738UNINA