Erich Auerbach and the Crisis of German Philology

1. Introduction
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2. Erich Auerbach: Life, Times, and Works
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3. Dante and the “Discovery of European Representation of Man”
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4. The Crisis of German Philology: Aryan Philology and the Elimination of the Old Testament
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5. Two Responses to the German Crisis of Philology: Ernst Robert Curtius and Erich Auerbach
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6. Exile and Interpretation: The Struggle Against Aryan Philology and Nazi Barbarism
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7.
Mimesis: An Apologia for Western Judaeo-Christian Humanist Tradition in an Age of Peril, Tyranny, and Barbarism
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8. Epilogue: Exile, Interpretation, and Alienation
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Avainsanat: Linguistics, Philology, History of Germany and Central Europe, Language and Literature, Comparative Literature