Allegory

by Jeremy Tambling

Book Overview

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:

presents a concise history of allegory, providing numerous examples from Medieval forms to the present day considers the relationship between allegory and symbolism analyses the use of allegory in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415340063
• ISBN13: 9780415340069
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"