Metaphor, allegory, and the classical tradition: ancient thought and modern revisions
Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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- Editorial OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
- ISBN13 9780199240050
- ISBN10 0199240051
- Tipus Llibre
- Pàgines 305
- Any Edició 2003
- Idioma Anglès
- Encuadernació Tela
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 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."