Item 23 - On Mimesis

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OTUFM 62-B-1-23

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On Mimesis

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  • 1955 (Creation)

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25 pages, typed, with edits in pencil

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(1896-1965)

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Draft of lecture "On Mimesis," given at St. John's College, Annapolis, 1955. Manuscript is almost identical to lecture, apart from minor changes to wording and paragraph grouping. Later published in German as "Mimesis," with minor changes to wording and format. Concerned with the nature of mimesis in the arts and the relationship of the art to the thing imitated.

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  • English

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ONB, Misc100_V_02

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Article:

  • Zuckerkandl, Viktor. 1958. “Mimesis.” Merkur: Deutsche Zeitschrift für europäisches Denken 12, no. 3 (March): 225–40.

Catalogue entry for lecture:

  • Zuckerkandl, Victor. 1955. “On Mimesis.” St. John’s College (Annapolis, MD).

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