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Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition

G. R. Boys-Stones · ISBN 9780199240050
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Publisher Oxford University Press UK
Author(s) G. R. Boys-Stones
Subtitle Ancient Thought and Modern Revisions
Published 1st April 2003
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Ancient Thought and Modern Revisions

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.
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