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Erich Auerbach
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Erich Auerbach (1892–1957) was a German linguist, librarian, translator, and university teacher. Born in Berlin, he was of Jewish ethnicity and died in Wallingford. His academic career included positions at the University of Marburg, Istanbul University, Pennsylvania State University, and Yale University, where he held the title of Sterling Professor. He studied at the Französisches Gymnasium Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Greifswald, and University of Marburg, working under Leo Spitzer and Karl von Lilienthal.
Auerbach’s most notable work is *Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature*. Other significant publications include *Zur Technik der Frührenaissancenovelle in Italien und Frankreich*, *STENDHAL, La corte e la città*, *Introduzione alla filologia romanza*, and *Introduction aux etudes de philologie romane*. He spoke German and English. His doctoral student was Fredric Jameson, and his archives are held at the German Literature Archive Marbach.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1957
- Works
- 50
Top works
- Zur Technik der Frührenaissancenovelle in Italien und Frankreich
- STENDHAL
- La corte e la città
- Introduzione alla filologia romanza
- Introduction aux etudes de philologie romane
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Czechia
- Active from
- 1911-12-12
- Active to
- 1977-08-11
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Empagliflozin, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes
· 2015 · cited 10,563x
- Density-Functional Theory for Time-Dependent Systems
· 1984 · cited 8,220x
- The TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA): Quasi-Global, Multiyear, Combined-Sensor Precipitation Estimates at Fine Scales
· 2007 · cited 5,982x
- Thrombolysis with Alteplase 3 to 4.5 Hours after Acute Ischemic Stroke
· 2008 · cited 5,860x
- Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology
· 2015 · cited 4,268x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “"Epilegomena to Mimesis", trans. Jan Ziolkowski, in Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature, 50th anniversary edition, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003 (reprinted 2013), p. 570”
- “In the Old Testament stories, … the sublime influence of God here reaches so deeply into the everyday that the two realms of the sublime and the everyday are not only actually unseparated but basically inseparable.”
- “A scene like Peter's denial fits into no antique genre. It is too serious for comedy, too contemporary and everyday for tragedy, politically too insignificant for history—and the form which was given it is one of such immediacy that its like does not exist in the literature of antiquity.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- 9 November 1892, Berlin, German Empire
- Died
- 13 October 1957 (1957-10-13) (aged 64), Wallingford, Connecticut , U.S.
- Occupations
- Literary critic , philologist
- Alma mater
- University of Greifswald
- Thesis
- Zur Technik der Frührenaissancenovelle in Italien und Frankreich (1921)
- Doctoral advisor
- Erhard Lommatzsch
- Institutions
- University of Marburg , Istanbul University , Pennsylvania State University , Yale University
- Doctoral students
- Fredric Jameson
- Notable works
- Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Erich Auerbach ( German: [ˈaʊɐbax]; 9 November 1892 – 13 October 1957) was a German philologist, comparative scholar and critic of literature. His best-known work is Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature, a history of representation in Western literature from ancient to modern times frequently cited as a classic in the study of realism in literature. Along with Leo Spitzer, Auerbach is widely recognized as one of the foundational figures of comparative literature.
Biography
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