Image of reality in Western European literature

The book of the famous German philologist, researcher of the history of European literature, culturalist Erich Auerbach (1892-1957) "Mimesis (1946) occupies a special place in his scientific work and is widely known. It was translated into many European languages ​​(including Russian - for the first time in 1976) Through the interpretation of texts - from antiquity and the Middle Ages to the 20th century - he is trying to create the concept of a holistic flow of culture development, organically included in European history. The book reveals the universal foundations and the meaning of culture, shows various ways to reflect reality (as it understands the expression "mimesis"), its recognition. The book, with all its scientific Fundancy, is written in a vivid, affordable language, it enriches the intellectual world of the modern reader, aggravates its perception of literary work of different eras in its inextricable connection with the life of people of these eras.
2nd edition, corrected