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Poetry, Symbol and Allegory: Interpreting Metaphorical Language from Plato to the Present
Simon Brittan
Poetry, Symbol and Allegory: Interpreting Metaphorical Language from Plato to the Present
Simon Brittan
Aiming to help readers overcome the difficulties of approaching poetry, this study provides a historical overview of theories of interpretation as they apply to symbol and allegory. Beginning with the Greeks, Brittan moves from classical theory through to Romantics and Modern ideas.
248 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 29, 2003 |
ISBN13 | 9780813921563 |
Publishers | University of Virginia Press |
Pages | 248 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 23 mm · 471 g |
Language | English |
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