books.google.co.uk - A half-century after its translation into English, Erich Auerbach's Mimesis still stands as a monumental achievement in literary criticism. A brilliant display of erudition, wit, and wisdom, his exploration of how great European writers from Homer to Virginia Woolf depicted reality has taught generations...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Mimesis.html?id=xE1jAAAAMAAJ&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMimesis