Two Concepts of Allegory: A Study of Shakespeare's the Tempest and the Logic of Allegorical Expression

by A.D. Nuttall

Book Overview

The fundamental subject of A. D. Nuttall's bold and daring first book, " Two Concepts of Allegory," is a particular habit of thought--the practice of thinking about universals as though they were concrete things. His study takes the form of an inquiry into certain conceptual questions raised, in the first place, by the allegorical critics of "The Tempest," and, in the second place, by allegorical and quasi-allegorical poetry in general. The argument...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300118740
• ISBN13: 9780300118742
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.2"