num_pages: 456
description: 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.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.
language: English
title: Literary Language and Its Public in Late Latin Antiquity and in the Middle Ages
titlecomplete: Literary Language and Its Public in Late Latin Antiquity and in the Middle Ages
genres: Literary Criticism, History, Nonfiction, Criticism
ratings_count: 34
publisher: Princeton University Press