Figural Realism
Subtitle: Studies in the Mimesis Effect
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 29, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780801865244
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Literary theory; Semiotics & Theory; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / Theory; Historiography; History
First sentence: In a late essay, Jacques Barzun characterized himself as "a student of history . . . formerly engaged in the strange ritual of teaching it."