Title: The symbolic rose.
Authors: Seward, Barbara, 1928-1958.
Publisher: Columbia University Press,
Year: 1960
Subjects: Roses in literature.; English literature History and criticism; Literature History and criticism; Symbolism in literature.
Abstract: The significance of the rose as a symbol in ancient and modern literature.
Contents: Quest for origins -- The medieval heritage -- The romantic heritage -- Yeats and transition -- The contemporary symbol -- Eliot and tradition -- Joyce and synthesis.