Reinventing allegory
Auteur :
Kelley, Theresa M.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521157773
Date de publication :
9 déc. 2010
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
530 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
How and why has allegory survived, despite the Romantic critique of it as an outdated and artificial literary mode? This wide-ranging 1997 study of allegory in theory and literary practice from the late Renaissance to the present day argues that Romanticism represented the pivotal moment in allegory's survival.