"Weltliteratur" e Medioevo: Auerbach e Ernst Robert Curtius
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Date of Publication
December 2017
Publication Type
Article
Author
Stockhammer, Robert |
Series
Intersezioni: Rivista di storia delle idee
ISSN or ISBN (if monograph)
0393-2451
Publisher
Il Mulino
Language
Italian
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Description
The present article starts out from a re-evaluation of the relationship between
Erich Auerbach and Ernst Robert Curtius, concentrating on the years after World
War II. The obvious differences in their biographies do not necessarily imply that
their philological-political stances are equally «antagonistic» («progressionist» vs.
«reactionary»). What they share is an interest in the pre-national medieval and early modern literary system – as described by Curtius in his book European Literature and Latin Middle Ages as well as in some of Auerbach’s latest articles – precisely as a potential model for a post-national present. For these reasons, certain aspects of Curtius’ magnum opus inspired Auerbach in a context which seems to be completely different, namely in his programmatic reflections on «Philology of World Literature».
Erich Auerbach and Ernst Robert Curtius, concentrating on the years after World
War II. The obvious differences in their biographies do not necessarily imply that
their philological-political stances are equally «antagonistic» («progressionist» vs.
«reactionary»). What they share is an interest in the pre-national medieval and early modern literary system – as described by Curtius in his book European Literature and Latin Middle Ages as well as in some of Auerbach’s latest articles – precisely as a potential model for a post-national present. For these reasons, certain aspects of Curtius’ magnum opus inspired Auerbach in a context which seems to be completely different, namely in his programmatic reflections on «Philology of World Literature».