Metaphor, allegory, and the classical tradition : ancient thought and modern revisions /

According to the theoretical accounts which survive in the rhetorical handbooks of antiquity, allegory is extended metaphor, or an extended series of metaphors. This volume provides a critical discussion of ancient definitions of allegory and metaphor as merely ornamental 'tropes'. They ex...

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1. Verfasser:
Boys-Stones, G. R.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Zusammenfassung:
According to the theoretical accounts which survive in the rhetorical handbooks of antiquity, allegory is extended metaphor, or an extended series of metaphors. This volume provides a critical discussion of ancient definitions of allegory and metaphor as merely ornamental 'tropes'. They examine metaphor and allegory from a variety of perspectives and compare theory with ancient literary practice.
Umfang:
1 online resource (316 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-278) and indexes.
ISBN:
9786612060793
9781282060791
1282060791
9780191528866
0191528862
Schlagworte:
Classical literature > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Classical literature > History and criticism.
Metaphor in literature.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Metaphor.
Allegory.
Literatura clàssica
Retòrica antiga
Metàfora
Al·legoria
Temes en la literatura.
Llibres electrònics
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