Erich Auerbach
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German philologist
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Erich Auerbach's Degrees
- PhD Romance Philology University of Greifswald
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Erich Auerbach was a German philologist and 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.
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