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Dante: Poet of the Secular World Surrealism Julian Barnes playfully combines aAuthor Contributor(s): Auerbach, Erich; Manheim, Ralph; Dirda, Michael Publisher: NYRB Classics Date: 1 16 2007 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Erich Auerbachs Dante: Poet of the Secular World is an inspiring introduction to one of worlds greatest poets as well as a brilliantly argued and still provocative essay in the history of ideas. Here Auerbach, thought by many to be the greatest of twentieth century scholar critics, makes the seemingly