Erich Auerbach and the Crisis of German Philology

Introduction.- Erich Auerbach: Life, Times, and Works.- Dante and the "Discovery of European Representation of Man".- The Crisis of German Philology: Aryan Philology and the Elimination of the Old Testament.- Two Responses to the German Crisis of Philology: Ernst Robert Curtius and Erich Auerbach.- Exile and Interpretation: The Struggle against Aryan Philology and Nazi Barbarism.- Mimesis - An Apologia for Western Judaeo-Christian Humanist Tradition in an Age of Peril, Tyranny, and Barbarism.- Epilogue: Exile, Interpretation, and Alienation.- Appendix 1: Constructing and Representing Reality: Hegel and the Making of Mimesis.- Appendix 2: Exile and Criticism: Edward Said's Interpretation of Erich Auerbach.- Bibliography.- Author Index.- Subject Index.

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Erich Auerbach;Comparative literature;German history;Nazi Germany;Aryan philology;voelkisch mysticism and Nazi Historiography;Western Judaeo-Christian Humanist Tradition;History of Western literature;literary diction