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.
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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 examine metaphor and allegory from a variety of perspectives and compare theory with ancient literary practice.
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Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition: Ancient Thought and Modern Revisions

Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition: Ancient Thought and Modern Revisions
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ISBN-13: | 9780191528866 |
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Publisher: | OUP Oxford |
Publication date: | 03/20/2003 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 877 KB |
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