| Literary Language & Its Public in Late Latin Antiquity and in the Middle Ages Revised Edition Contributor(s): Auerbach, Erich (Author), Manheim, Ralph (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0691024685 ISBN-13: 9780691024684 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $50.35 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1993 Annotation: In this, his final book, Erich Auerbach writes, "My purpose is always to write history." Tracing the transformations of classical Latin rhetoric from late antiquity to the modern era, he explores major concerns raised in his "Mimesis": the historical and social contexts in which writings were received, and issues of aesthetics, semantics, stylistics, and sociology that anticipate the concerns of the new historicism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Dewey: 870.900 |
| LCCN: 92037333 |
| Series: Bollingen Series |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.03" W x 8.95" (1.36 lbs) 456 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this, his final book, Erich Auerbach writes, My purpose is always to write history. Tracing the transformations of classical Latin rhetoric from late antiquity to the modern era, he explores major concerns raised in his Mimesis: the historical and social contexts in which writings were received, and issues of aesthetics, semantics, stylistics, and sociology that anticipate the concerns of the new historicism. |