Review: Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
User Review - GoodreadsThis book is one of the finest works on Critical Theory, specializing in literary theory, I have ever read. Auerbach is readable and coherent discussing a subject not known for coherent and comprehensible writers. A must read if you are a writer or interested in writing.
Review: Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
User Review - Katie - GoodreadsThis book is encompassing and mind-bending in that specifically unique way that will make some people revere it like a religious text and will drive other people absolutely nuts. As you can see from ... Read full review
Review: Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
User Review - Parke - GoodreadsOne of the greatest works of criticism in the 20th century and he did it without almost any access to books, notes, or anything else. The part on Odysseus's scar is legendary (excuse the pun.) This ... Read full review
Review: Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
User Review - Charlie - Goodreadsseriously, everyone (who studies literature) should read this. Read full review
Review: Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
User Review - Maria - GoodreadsBrilliant. Read full review
Review: Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
User Review - David - GoodreadsI found this book in the Seminary bookstore when I was in grad school, and it piqued my interest from the first few pages where Auerbach compared Homer's view of reality in the recognition of Odysseus ... Read full review
Review: Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
User Review - GoodreadsStill masterly, in the better sense. The first chapter is mind-bending, in the better sense again.
Review: Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
User Review - Caroline Gerardo - Goodreads# 3 For Cluster Headache Read this in undergraduate school was dry and slow, hmm philiogical view of realism in literature. I for one am more experiemental and not of the view that realistic fiction ... Read full review
Review: Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
User Review - Michael Thorbjørn Feehly - GoodreadsI love Auerbach; I am so grateful to Harvard Divinty School for helping me to discover him. His readings of Dante, Homer and the Bible are must read for any educated person. Read full review
Review: Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
User Review - Jonny - GoodreadsMore recent work has been done on image and realism, and yet Auerbach remains relevant and authoritative. Dense, but well worth the effort. An important part of the semiotic pantheon! Read full review
