Allegory Contributor(s): Tambling, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415340063 ISBN-13: 9780415340069 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Non-classifiable - Literary Criticism |
Dewey: 809.915 |
LCCN: 2009005278 |
Series: New Critical Idiom |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.50 lbs) 200 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Indispensable to an understanding of Medieval and Renaissance texts and a topic of controversy for the Romantic poets, allegory remains a site for debate and controversy in the twenty-first-century. In this useful guide, Jeremy Tambling:
Allegory offers an accessible, clear introduction to the history and use of this complex literary device. It is the ideal tool for all those seeking a greater understanding of texts that make use of allegory and of the significance of allegorical thinking to literature. |