Metaphor, Allegory and the Classical Tradition

ISBN: 9780199240050

出版年: 2003-3

页数: 316

定价: $ 187.58

内容简介

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.