Of Boars, Rhapsodes, and the Uses of Culturalist Error. Fried, D. Comparative Literature, 57(4):312--327, 2005.
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This article presents a case study on the book "Mimesis," by Erich Auerbach. This book is said to be an example of criticism-in-exile. Auberbach is a Jewish exile. The book was created as an attempt to preserve the civilization from which he had been exiled. Through an analysis of the distinctive methodology of the starting point that dominates the book, the nature and function of cultural essentialisms of Auerbach can be better understood. Each chapter of the book focuses on the interpretation of a random excerpt from one work. Moreover, the critical power of Auberbach has been generated by the tension between the reading of texts and the literary-critical narratives it support.
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  volume = {57},
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  abstract = {This article presents a case study on the book "Mimesis," by Erich Auerbach. This book is said to be an example of criticism-in-exile. Auberbach is a Jewish exile. The book was created as an attempt to preserve the civilization from which he had been exiled. Through an analysis of the distinctive methodology of the starting point that dominates the book, the nature and function of cultural essentialisms of Auerbach can be better understood. Each chapter of the book focuses on the interpretation of a random excerpt from one work. Moreover, the critical power of Auberbach has been generated by the tension between the reading of texts and the literary-critical narratives it support.},
  number = {4},
  urldate = {2015-09-25TZ},
  journal = {Comparative Literature},
  author = {Fried, Daniel},
  year = {2005},
  keywords = {AESTHETICS, AUERBACH, Erich, 1892-1957, CIVILIZATION, CRITICISM, CULTURE, ESSENTIALISM (Sexuality), MIMESIS, MIMESIS (Book), NARRATIVES},
  pages = {312--327}
}

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