Introduction
Erich Auerbach: Life, Times, and Works
Dante and the “Discovery of European Representation of Man”
The Crisis of German Philology: Aryan Philology and the Elimination of the Old Testament
Two Responses to the German Crisis of Philology: Ernst Robert Curtius and Erich Auerbach
Exile and Interpretation: The Struggle against Aryan Philology and Nazi Barbarism
Mimesis – An Apologia for Western Judaeo-Christian Humanist Tradition in an Age of Peril, Tyranny, and Barbarism
Epilogue: Exile, Interpretation, and Alienation
Appendix 1: Constructing and Representing Reality: Hegel and the Making of Mimesis
Appendix 2: Exile and Criticism: Edward Said’s Interpretation of Erich Auerbach
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index.