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Mimesis : the representation of reality in Western literature / by Erich Auerbach ; translated from the German by Willard R. Trask.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PN56.R3 A83 1968
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LIBRA - Rare PN56.R3 A83 1968 Potok copy
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Auerbach, Erich, 1892-1957.
Contributor:
Trask, Willard R. (Willard Ropes), 1900-1980.
The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)
Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Princeton paperbacks ; 124.
Princeton paperbacks
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Reality in literature.
Mimesis in literature.
Literature--History and criticism.
Literature.
Penn Provenance:
Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
Physical Description:
8 unnumbered pages, 563 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm.
Edition:
First Princeton paperback edition.
Place of Publication:
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1968.
Contents:
Odysseus' scar
Fortunata
The arrest of Peter Valvomeres
Sicharius and Chramnesindus
Roland against Ganelon
The knight sets forth
Adam and Eve
Farinata and Cavalcante
Frate Alberto
Madame Du Chastel
The world in Pantagruel's mouth
L'Humaine Condition
The weary prince
The enchanted Dulcinea
The faux dévot
The interrupted supper
Miller the musician
In the Hôtel de la Mole
Germinie Lacerteux
The brown stocking.
Notes:
"Written in Istanbul between May 1942 and April 1945."
Originally published: Berne, Switzerland : A. Francke Ltd. Co., 1946.
Includes index.
Local Notes:
Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok March 1973".
Potok Collection copy is "Second Printing, 1971" of 1st paperback edition.
ISBN:
0691060789
0691012695
OCLC:
37144594

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