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Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition: Ancient Thought and Modern Revisions

Name: Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition: Ancient Thought and Modern Revisions
ISBN: 9780199240050

G. R. Boys-Stones (editor)

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How closely do the theoretical notions of "metaphor" and "allegory" developed by ancient rhetoricians reflect the practice of Classical writers? This question is tackled through eleven new papers by a team of distinguished academics. Ancient theories of metaphor are compared with twentieth-century alternatives; theory is tested against practice; and allegory--a distinctive though neglected feature of ancient literature and philosophy--is explored against the background of the rhetoricians' claim that it is one form of metaphor.

Categories:

Linguistics - Historical & Comparative Linguistics

Year:

2003

Publisher:

Oxford University Press, USA

Language:

english

Pages:

316

ISBN 10:

0199240051