Scenes from the drama of European literature /

Auerbach, Erich, 1892-1957.

Scenes from the drama of European literature / Erich Auerbach ; foreword by Paolo Valesio. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1984. - xxviii, 256 pages ; 24 cm. - Theory and history of literature ; v. 9 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Figura" -- St. Francis of Assisi in Dante's "Commedia" -- On the political theory of Pascal -- "La cour et la ville" -- Vico and aesthetic historism -- The aesthetic dignity of the "Fleurs du mal."

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