Poetry, symbol, and allegory
Subtitle: interpreting metaphorical language from Plato to the present
By: Simon Brittan.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
Subjects: Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Aesthetics; English poetry -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; Metaphor; American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc; Meaning (Philosophy) in literature; Symbolism in literature; Allegory
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: The western tradition; title: Religion, philosophy, and interpretation in the Middle Ages; title: Dante Alighieri, hermetism, and Renaissance Italy; title: England in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance; title: Philosophy and representation in the seventeenth century; title: Toward romanticism; title: Symbol and allegory.