Erich Auerbach and the Secular World

Literary Criticism, Historiography, Post-Colonial Theory and Beyond

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Jon Nixon

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Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

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Auerbach was one of the foremost literary critics of the 20th century whose work has relevance within the fields of literary criticism, historiography and postcolonial theory. The opening chapter of this book explains how he understood the task of interpretation and his role as an interpreter. The following chapter outlines the important phases in his life with reference to the writers and thinkers who influenced him in his thinking and practice. The central chapters of the book focus on specific themes in his work: the historical grounding of the ‘figural’ imagination; the relation between the secular and the sacred; the emergence of tragic realism; and the notion of ‘inner history’ as a defining feature of early 20th-cenntury modernism. The final two chapters focus on broader issues relating to the development of Auerbach’s understanding of the development of an educated readership within Europe and of his concerns regarding the emergence of what he terms ‘a world literature’.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date Australia

January 29th, 2024

Author

Jon Nixon

Series

Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

Pages

162

Audience

Tertiary Education (US: College)

ISBN-13

9781032258119

Product ID

38311162

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