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Erich Auerbach and the secular world literary criticism, historiography, post-colonial theory and beyond Jon Nixon
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nixon, Jon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Auerbach, Erich, 1892-1957.
- Auerbach, Erich.
- Literature--History and criticism.
- Literature.
- Literature and history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2022
- Biography/History:
- Jon Nixon is a Visiting Professor at Middlesex University, UK, and writes within the field of intellectual history and cultural and political theory. His recently authored books include Hannah Arendt: the Promise of Education; Rosa Luxemburg and the Struggle for Democratic Renewal; Gadamer: The Hermeneutical Imagination; and Hannah Arendt and the Politics of Friendship.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Why Auerbach matters - and why now
- The interpretive task
- Outlines of a life
- Figural imagination
- The spiritual and the secular
- Tragic realism
- Inner history
- An educated public
- Widening horizonsCoda : Learning from Auerbach
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resources; title from digital title page (Taylor & Francis Group, viewed July 18, 2022)
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version Nixon, Jon Erich Auerbach and the secular world
- ISBN:
- 1000579506
- 9781000579505
- 9781003058601
- 1003058604
- 9781000579536
- 1000579530
- Publisher Number:
- 40031227553
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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