Erich Auerbach and the fate of philology today

M Holquist - Poetics Today, 1999 - JSTOR
M Holquist
Poetics Today, 1999JSTOR
The work-and life-of Erich Auerbach has attracted increasing attention in recent years. A
new collection, Literary History and the Challenge of Philology: The Legacy of Erich
Auerbach, edited by Seth Lerer, investigates Auerbach's enduring fascination and makes an
important contribution to current debates about methodology, the place of politics in our
practice, as well as the place of history and its relation to theory.
The work-and life-of Erich Auerbach has attracted increasing attention in recent years. A new collection, Literary History and the Challenge of Philology: The Legacy of Erich Auerbach, edited by Seth Lerer, investigates Auerbach's enduring fascination and makes an important contribution to current debates about methodology, the place of politics in our practice, as well as the place of history and its relation to theory.
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