Allegory : The Dynamics of an Ancient and Medieval Technique / Jon Whitman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitman, Jon, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Allegory.

Chinese literature.

Classical literature--History and criticism.

Classical literature.

Literatur in anderen Sprachen.

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval.

European literature--History and criticism.

Local Subjects:

Allegory.

European literature--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Allegory".

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

I. THE ALLEGORICAL PROBLEM

II. ANCIENT CONFIGURATIONS

III. RITES OF PASSAGE: TRANSITIONS BETWEEN ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES

IV. AGES OF RENEWAL: THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD

V. TWELFTH-CENTURY GENESIS

VI. THE ALLEGORY OF CREATION: THE COSMOGRAPHIA

AFTERWORD

APPENDIX I: On the History of the Term ‘Allegory’

APPENDIX II: On the History of the Term ‘Personification’

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-86288-0

OCLC:

900820197