Metaphor, allegory, and the classical tradition: ancient thought and modern revisions
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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"How closely do the theoretical notions of ""metaphor"" and ""allegory"" developed by ancient rhetoricians reflect the practice of Classical writers? This question is tackled through eleven new papers by a team of distinguished academics. Ancient the...
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- ISBN13 9780199240050
- ISBN10 0199240051
- Tipo LIBRO
- Páginas 305
- Año de Edición 2003
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Tela
Metaphor, allegory, and the classical tradition: ancient thought and modern revisions
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
"How closely do the theoretical notions of ""metaphor"" and ""allegory"" developed by ancient rhetoricians reflect the practice of Classical writers? This question is tackled through eleven new papers by a team of distinguished academics. Ancient the...
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
"How closely do the theoretical notions of ""metaphor"" and ""allegory"" developed by ancient rhetoricians reflect the practice of Classical writers? This question is tackled through eleven new papers by a team of distinguished academics. Ancient theories of metaphor are compared with twentieth-century alternatives; theory is tested against practice; and allegorya distinctive though neglected feature of ancient literature and philosophyis explored against the background of the rhetoricians' claim that it is one form of metaphor."