num_pages: 233
description: Barbara Seward reads western literary history through what is perhaps its most enduring ― and most endearing ― symbol. The rose is secular and divine love; Apuleius’s ass and the Virgin Mary; beauty, youth, joy, and sorrow at the world's transience.
language: English
title: The Symbolic Rose
titlecomplete: The Symbolic Rose
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Spring Publications