An Introduction to the Symbolic Literature of the Renaissance
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: July 6, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781412053112
Subjects: Fiction / General; trafford,1-4120-5311-0,1412053310,05-0206,050206,Robin Raybould,An Introduction to the Symbolic Literature of the Renaissance,Symbol,symbolism,sign,emblem,device,hieroglyph,enigma,Renaissance literature,allegory,mysticism,platonism,rhetoric,printing; General; Fiction; Fiction - General
First sentence: To begin to understand the origin of and the reasons behind the medieval and Renaissance obsession with symbolism, we have to go back to the thinking of the earliest Western philosophers particularly to Pythagoras and Plato.