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The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern Problems
by Stephen Halliwell

ISBN 0691092583 (0-691-09258-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr

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Mimesis is one of the oldest, most fundamental concepts in Western aesthetics. This book offers a new, searching treatment of its long history at the center of theories of representational art: above all, in the highly influential writings of Plato and Aristotle, but also in later Greco-Roman philosophy and criticism, and subsequently in many areas of aesthetic controversy from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Combining classical scholarship, philosophical analysis, and the history of ideas--and ranging across discussion of poetry, painting, and music--Stephen Halliwell shows with a wealth of detail how mimesis, at all stages of its evolution, has been a more complex, variable concept than its conventional translation of "imitation" can now convey.
Far from providing a static model of artistic representation, mimesis has generated many different models of art, encompassing a spectrum of positions from realism to idealism. Under the influence of Platonist and Aristotelian paradigms, mimesis has been a crux of debate between proponents of what Halliwell calls "world-reflecting" and "world-simulating" theories of representation in both the visual and musico-poetic arts. This debate is about not only the fraught relationship between art and reality but also the psychology and ethics of how we experience and are affected by mimetic art.
Moving expertly between ancient and modern traditions, Halliwell contends that the history of mimesis hinges on problems that continue to be of urgent concern for contemporary aesthetics.
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Aristotle on Poetics
by Aristotle, Michael Davis, Seth Benardete

ISBN 1587310260 (1-58731-026-0)
Softcover, St Augustine Pr Inc

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Aristotle's much-translated On Poetics is the earliest and arguably the best treatment that we possess of tragedy as a literary form. The late Seth Benardete and Michael Davis have translated it anew with a view to rendering Aristotle's text into English as precisely as possible. A literal translation has long been needed, for in order to excavate the argument of On Poetics one has to attend not simply to what is said on the surface but also to the various puzzles, questions, and peculiarities that emerge only on the level of how Aristotle says what he says and thereby leads one to revise and deepen one's initial understanding of the intent of the argument. As On Poetics is about how tragedy ought to be composed, it should not be surprising that it turns out to be a rather artful piece of literature in its own right.
Benardete and Davis supplement their edition of On Poetics with extensive notes and appendices. They explain nuances of the original that elude translation, and they provide translations of passages found elsewhere in Aristotle's works as well as in those of other ancient authors that prove useful in thinking through the argument of On Poetics both in terms of its treatment of tragedy and in terms of its broader concerns. By following the connections Aristotle plots between On Poetics and his other works, readers will be in a position to appreciate the centrality of this work for his entire thought.
In an introduction that sketches the overall interpretation of On Poetics presented in hisThe Poetry of Philosophy (St. Augustine's Press, 1999; see p. 33 of this catalogue), Davis argues that, while On Poetics is certainly about tragedy, it has a further concern extending beyond poetry to the very structure of the human soul in its relation to what is, and that Aristotle reveals in the form of his argument the true character of human action. [via]
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Aristotle: Poetics
by D.W. Lucas

ISBN 019814024X (0-19-814024-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand

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Aristotle Poetics
by S.H. Butcher

ISBN 0486200426 (0-486-20042-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns

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Best translation of one of the most influential books in all history. Greek and English on facing pages, plus Butcher's famed 300-page exposition and interpretation of Aristotle's ideas. Seminal discussions of art and morality, poetic truth, much more.
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Aristotle Poetics/Longinus on the Sublime/Demetrius on Style
by Aristotle, Donald Russell, Demetrius, Longinus, Stephen Halliwell, Dorren C. Innes, W. H. Fyfe

ISBN 0674995635 (0-674-99563-5)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr

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This volume brings together the three most influential ancient Greek treatises on literature. Aristotle's Poetics contains his treatment of Greek tragedy: its history, naturne, and conventions, with details on poetic diction. Stephen Halliwell makes this seminal work newly accessible with a reliable text and a translation that is both accurate and readable. His authoritative introduction traces the work's debt to earlier theorists (especially Plato), its distinctive argument, and the reasons behind its enduring relevance.
The essay On the Sublime, usually attributed to "Longinus" (identity uncertain), was probably composed in the first century CE; its subject is the appreciation of greatness ("the sublime") in writing, with analysis of illustrative passages ranging from Homer and Sappho to Plato. In this edition, Donald Russell has revised and newly annotated the text and translation by W. Hamilton Fyfe, and supplied a new introduction.
The treatise On Style, ascribed to an (again unidentifiable) Demetrius, was perhaps composed during the secod century BCE. It is notable particularly for its theory and analysis of four distinct styles (grand, elegant, plain, and forceful). Doreen Innes' fresh rendering of the work is based on the earlier Loeb translation by W. Rhys Roberts. Her new introduction and notes represent the latest scholarship.
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Aristotle's on the Art of Poetry
by Aristotle

ISBN 0198141106 (0-19-814110-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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This book, "Aristotle, On the art of poetry (1920)", by Aristotle, Bywater, Ingram, 1840-1914, Murray Gilbert, is a replication of a book originally published before 1920. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature. [via]
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Aristotle's Poetics
by Aristotle, James Hutton

ISBN 0393952169 (0-393-95216-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

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A work of transcendent importance, both for the history of literary criticism and in its own right
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Aristotle's Poetics
by Hippocrates G. Apostle, Morris A. Parslow, Elizabeth A. Dobbs

ISBN 0911589090 (0-911589-09-0)
Softcover, Peripatetic Pr

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De Arte Poetica Liber
by Aristotle, Rudolf V. Kassel

ISBN 0198145640 (0-19-814564-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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The Dialogues of Plato: The Republic
by Plato, R.E. Allen

ISBN 0300114508 (0-300-11450-8)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr

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Don Quijote
by Not Available

ISBN 9707700610 (970-770-061-0)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc

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Contenidos: Presentación; Un Novela Para El Siglo XXI por Mario Vargas Llosa; La Invención Del "Quijote" por Francisco Ayala; Cervantes Y El "Quijote" por Martin de Riquer; Nota Al Texto por Francisco Rico; Don Quijote De La Mancha, Edición y notas de Francisco Rico; La Lengua De Cervantes Y El "Quijote" por Jose Manuel Blecua, Guillermo Rojo, Jose Antonio Pascual, Margit Frank, Claudio Guillen; Glosario. [via]
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Don Quijote De LA Mancha
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

ISBN 8471664577 (84-7166-457-7)
Softcover, Edaf Antillas

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La novela más moderna, crítica, tierna, mordaz y divertida de la literatura española. Hay Quijotes para lucir en la estantería, Quijotes para investigar, Quijotes para leer por obligación...Esta Edición Cultural está hecha para disfrutar leyendo el Quijote como lo hicieron sus primeros lectores: Porque incluye anotaciones al margen que proporcionan claves para la interpretación del texto sin entorpecer la continuidad de la lectura. Porque incluye 60 temas culturales desarrrollados en formato visual, que permiten acceder de forma rápida a la información del contexto cultural de la época. Un Quijote para leer y entender. [via]
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El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha/The ingenious nobleman Don Quijote de la Mancha
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Emilio Pascual

ISBN 8471890682 (84-7189-068-2)
Hardcover, Alfredo Ortells

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Literary Language & Its Public in Late Latin Antiquity and in the Middle Ages
by Erich Auerbach, Ralph Manheim

ISBN 0691024685 (0-691-02468-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr

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In this, his final book, Erich Auerbach writes, "My purpose is always to write history." Tracing the transformations of classical Latin rhetoric from late antiquity to the modern era, he explores major concerns raised in his Mimesis: the historical and social contexts in which writings were received, and issues of aesthetics, semantics, stylistics, and sociology that anticipate the concerns of the new historicism.
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Mimesis and Alterity: A Particular History of the Senses
by Michael Taussig

ISBN 0415906873 (0-415-90687-3)
Softcover, Routledge

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Mimesis: Culture-Art-Society
by Gunter Gebauer, Christoph Wulf, Don Reneau

ISBN 0520084594 (0-520-08459-4)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr

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Mimesis: The Representation of Reality in Western Literature
by Erich Auerbach

ISBN 069111336X (0-691-11336-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr

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A half-century after its translation into English, Erich Auerbach's Mimesis still stands as a monumental achievement in literary criticism. A brilliant display of erudition, wit, and wisdom, his exploration of how great European writers from Homer to Virginia Woolf depicted reality has taught generations how to read Western literature. This new expanded edition includes a substantial essay in introduction by Edward Said as well as an essay, never before translated into English, in which Auerbach responds to his critics. [via]
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Monarch Notes on Plato's the Republic and Selected Dialogues
by Leo Rauch

ISBN 0671005057 (0-671-00505-7)
Hardcover, Peterson's

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On Poetry and Style
by Aristotle

ISBN 0872200728 (0-87220-072-8)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc

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Contains the 'Poetics' and the first twelve chapters of the 'Rhetoric, Book III'. [via]
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Orgullo Y Prejuicio / Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen, Patricia Franco Lommers

ISBN 8497646932 (84-9764-693-2)
Softcover, Edimat Libros

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Readers will take pleasure in discovering the classics through these beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of famous works of literature from all over the world. A variety of periods, themes, and authors is represented.
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Plato's Republic
by Plato, G.M.A. Grube, C.D.C. Reeve

ISBN 0872201368 (0-87220-136-8)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc

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A collection of unique portraits by British born, New York based, fashion photographer Platon, which includes over 120 photographs constituting a unique and dynamic cross-section through the cult of fame and power. Platon's subjects are all leaders in their field and include Al Pacino, Bill Clinton, Vivienne Westwood, Leonard Cohen and David Beckham. A collection of unique portraits by British born, New York based, fashion photographer Platon. Over 120 photographs have been selected from an enormous range of powerful images taken over the last decade and together they constitute a unique and dynamic cross-section through the cult of fame and power. Platon's Republic is a window into today's media-led culture that bombards, and sometimes overwhelms, us with images of world-wide importance juxtaposed with frivolity. Platon's Republic replicates the same intense and sometimes surreal experience with portraits of Al Pacino, Bill Clinton, Vivienne Westwood, Leonard Cohen as well as more documentary photographs of Jesse Jackson and Bianca Jagger demonstrating against the death penalty and football supporters. Granted extraordinary access to some of the west's most powerful people, Platon's subjects are all leaders in their field. Whether they are from the TV industry, politicians, actors, fashion designers, writers or musicians, they all wield enormous influence within their arena. Platons' portraits are graphic and intimate, but the unusual angles and revealing expressions are his hallmark. [via]
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Poetics
by Aristotle

ISBN 1419142402 (1-4191-4240-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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The original, Aristotle's short study of storytelling, written in the fourth century B.C., is the world's first critical book about the laws of literature. Sure, it's 2400 years old, but Aristotle's discussions--Unity of Plot, Reversal of the Situation, Character--though written in the context of ancient Greek Tragedy, Comedy and Epic Poetry, still apply to our modern literary forms. The book is quite short, and Aristotle illuminates his points with clear examples, making the Poetics perfectly readable, the better to impress people at parties when you say, "Of course, as Aristotle says..." [via]
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Poetics I
by Aristotle, Richard Janko

ISBN 0872200337 (0-87220-033-7)
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Richard Janko's acclaimed translation of Aristotle's "Poetics" is accompanied by the most comprehensive commentary available in English that does not presume knowledge of the original Greek. Two other unique features are Janko's translations with notes of both the "Tractatus Coislinianus", which is argued to be a summary of the lost second book of the "Poetics", and fragments of Aristotle's "Dialogue On Poets", including recently discovered texts about catharsis, which appear in English for the first time. [via]
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Poetics I With the Tractatus Coislinianus: A Hypothetical Reconstruction of Poetics II
by Aristotle

ISBN 0872200345 (0-87220-034-5)
Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc

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Richard Janko's acclaimed translation of Aristotle's "Poetics" is accompanied by the most comprehensive commentary available in English that does not presume knowledge of the original Greek. Two other unique features are Janko's translations with notes of both the "Tractatus Coislinianus", which is argued to be a summary of the lost second book of the "Poetics", and fragments of Aristotle's "Dialogue On Poets", including recently discovered texts about catharsis, which appear in English for the first time. [via]
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The Poetics of Aristotle: Translation and Commentary
by Stephen Halliwell

ISBN 0807842036 (0-8078-4203-6)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr

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Incorporating the best modern work on the Poetics, Halliwell's translation is aimed at those who want a reliable version of Aristotle's ideas along with concise and stimulating guidance. A running commentary explains the structure and detail of Aristotle's argument, attempts to provoke further thought about the work's strengths and weaknesses, and offers suggestions on relating the Poetics to later stages of literary theory and practice. [via]
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The Poetics of Aristotle
by Aristotle, Samuel Henry Butcher

ISBN 140651022X (1-4065-1022-X)
Softcover, Dodo Pr

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Classic work from the Ancient Greek philosopher, student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great, who laid down the foundations of Western philosophy. [via]
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The Relevance of the Beautiful and Other Essays
by Hans-Georg Gadamer

ISBN 0521241782 (0-521-24178-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr

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The Relevance of the Beautiful and Other Essays
by Robert Bernasconi

ISBN 0521339537 (0-521-33953-7)
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This volume explores some of the more important of Hans-Georg Gadamer's extensive writings on art and literature. The principal text included is 'The Relevance of the Beautiful', Gadamer's most sustained treatment of philosophical aesthetics. The eleven other essays focus particularly on the challenge issued by modern painting and literature to our customary ideas of art, and in turn revitalize our understanding of it. Gadamer demonstrates the continuing importance of such concepts as imitation, truth, symbol, and play for our appreciation of contemporary art, and thereby establishes its continuity with the Western tradition. The essays here are not technical and are readily accessible to the beginning student and the general reader. The collection as a whole serves to illustrate the practice of hermeneutics and to introduce Gadamer's thought. Robert Bernasconi provides an introduction clarifying the central aims of the essays and their relations to Gadamer's major work, Truth and Method, and to the philosophy of art since Kant. A bibliography of Gadamer's writings available in English is also included. [via]
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The Republic
by Plato, Benjamin Jowett

ISBN 1406831700 (1-4068-3170-0)
Softcover, Echo Library

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Republic, by Plato, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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One of the greatest works of philosophy, political theory, and literature ever produced, Platos Republic has shaped Western thought for thousands of years, and remains as relevant today as when it was written during the fourth century B.C.

Republic begins by posing a central question: "What is justice, and why should we be just, especially when the wicked often seem happier and more successful?" For Plato, the answer lies with the ways people, groups, and institutions organize and behave. A brilliant inquiry into the problems of constructing the perfect state, and the roles education, the arts, family, and religion should play in our lives, Republic employs picturesque settings, sharply outlined characters, and conversational dialogue to drive home the philosophers often provocative arguments.

It has been said that the entire history of Western philosophy consists of nothing more than "a series of footnotes to Plato." Vastly entertaining, occasionally shocking, and always stimulating, Republic continues to enrich and expand the outlook of all who read it.
Elizabeth Watson Scharffenberger holds degrees from the University of Chicago and Columbia University. A specialist in the culture and literature of Athens during the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., she teaches at Columbia University and New York Universitys Gallatin School.
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The Republic
by John Hall, Plato, Terence Irwin

ISBN 0460873822 (0-460-87382-2)
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A newly designed second edition of the classic translation of Plato's timeless work, "The Republic," by the author of "The Closing of the American Mind." [via]
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Republic and Other Works
by Plato

ISBN 0385094973 (0-385-09497-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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A compilation of the essential works of Plato in one paperback volume: The Republic, The Symposium, Parmenides, Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo. [via]
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The Republic of Plato
by Plato, Richard W. Sterling, William C. Scott

ISBN 0195003640 (0-19-500364-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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Long regarded as the most accurate rendering of Plato's Republic that has yet been published, this widely acclaimed work is the first strictly literal translation of a timeless classic. This second edition includes a new introduction by Professor Bloom, whose careful translation and interpretation of The Republic was first published in 1968. In addition to the corrected text itself there is also a rich and valuable essay-as well as indexes-which will better enable the reader to approach the heart of Plato's intention. [via]
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Republic of Plato
by Thomas Taylor

ISBN 1564590240 (1-56459-024-0)
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This is Thomas Taylor's adept translation of Plato's Republic. Plato's "crowning achievement of art and philosophy." "The idea that runs through the Republic is that the individual presents almost the same features and qualties as society, on a smaller scale, and in his argument Plato first considers the state and thence makes his deductions as to the individual." "Besides the enduring value of the Republic as a work of art, its philosophical and ethical teaching is of particular interest in the present disordered condition of social and speculative ideas. [via]
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The Republic: Plato
by Reginald E. Allen, Plato

ISBN 0300114516 (0-300-11451-6)
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R. E. Allens highly regarded translations of the dialogues of Plato have been praised for their faithfulness and readability. Many years in the making, his translation of The Republic has been eagerly awaited. It comes now to crown a distinguished classicists efforts to make Platos works available in readable and accurate translations. This new, lucid translation of Platos greatest dialogue is the first major translation in English since the publication of F. M. Cornfords and G. M. A. Grubes renditions more than a generation ago. It is likely to be the standard translation for years to come.

This edition, intended for the student and general reader, is accompanied by Allens notes and introduction. The Republic is, of course, many things: metaphysics and epistemology, moral psychology and ethics, educational theory and aesthetics, and poetry and eschatology. In his introduction, Allen takes up its threshold questionthe politicaland argues that its particular formulation by Plato had a direct and profound influence on the Founding Fathers and the development of American constitutional law.
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Theories of Mimesis
by Arne Melberg

ISBN 0521458560 (0-521-45856-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr

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Mimesis has long been cited as a key concept in the exploration of the relationship between art and reality. In this major study Arne Melberg discusses the theory and history of mimesis through analysis of texts by Plato, Cervantes, Rousseau and Kierkegaard, and brings mimesis as a concept into the context of the literary theories of de Man and others. This strenuously argued account of language and time charts the movement of mimesis from the Platonic philosophy of similarity to modern ideas of difference. [via]
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Time and Narrative
by Kathleen Blamey, Paul Ricoeur, David Pellauer

ISBN 0226713326 (0-226-71332-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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Time and Narrative
by Paul Ricoeur

ISBN 0226713318 (0-226-71331-8)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr

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Violence and the Sacred
by Rene Girard

ISBN 0801822181 (0-8018-2218-1)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr

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This brilliant study of good and evil examines the presence of ritual violence in sacred ceremony. [via]
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The World's Great Classics

ISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
Hardcover, Xs Books

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Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]
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Humanismo Y Critica Democratica
by Edward W. Said

ISBN 8483066718 (84-8306-671-8)
Softcover, Debate Editorial

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El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De LA Mancha
by Miguel De Cervantes

ISBN 9706513817 (970-651-381-7)
Softcover, Oceano De Mexico

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El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De La Mancha / the Ingenious Nobleman Don Quijote De La Mancha
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

ISBN 848969351X (84-89693-51-X)
Hardcover, Optima Editorial

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El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De La Mancha ; Novelas Ejemplares
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

ISBN 8471660024 (84-7166-002-4)
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El Quijote Primera Parte
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

ISBN 847080572X (84-7080-572-X)
Hardcover, La Gaya Ciencia

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LA Republica

ISBN 8420636738 (84-206-3673-8)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa

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Mimese En Geweld: Beschouwingen over Het Werk Van Rene Girard
by W. E. A. Van Beek

ISBN 9024276063 (90-242-7606-3)
Hardcover, Kok Agora

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Nabootsing: In Discussie over Rene Girard
by Hans Weigand, Andre Lascaris

ISBN 903910042X (90-391-0042-X)
Hardcover, Kok Agora

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Rene Girard, Het Labyrint Van Het Verlangen: Zes Opstellen

ISBN 9028922040 (90-289-2204-0)
Hardcover, Pelckmans

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La Poetique
by Aristotle, Roselyne Dupont-Roc, Jean Lallot

ISBN 2020054345 (2-02-005434-5)
Hardcover, Seuil

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LA Divina Commedia: Inferno
by Alighieri Dante

ISBN 8817152323 (88-17-15232-3)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc

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