عنوان

Poetry, symbol, and allegory :

(Number (ISBN

0813921562

(Number (ISBN

0813921570

(Number (ISBN

9780813921563

(Number (ISBN

9780813921570

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b743488

Title Proper

Poetry, symbol, and allegory :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

interpreting metaphorical language from Plato to the present /

First Statement of Responsibility

Simon Brittan.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Charlottesville :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Virginia Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2003.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 226 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221) and index.

Text of Note

The western tradition -- Religion, philosophy, and interpretation in the Middle Ages -- Dante Alighieri, hermetism, and Renaissance Italy -- England in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance -- Philosophy and representation in the seventeenth century -- Toward romanticism -- Symbol and allegory.

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Text of Note

Dealing with poetry is frequently problematic for the university teacher and student: although undergraduates are usually responsive to discussions about drama and prose, poetry often silences the classroom. Unless a poem provides references easily applicable to their own lives, many students feel they cant relate to the piece and are stymied. In particular, allegorical poetry produces tensions among the desire to find the meanings of the poets symbolism, the fear of voicing a 2wrong3 interpretation, and a natural objection to perceived restrictions on interpretive freedom. Poetry, Symbol, and Allegory eases that dilemma by providing a historical overview of theories of interpretation as they apply to symbol and allegory in poetry, thereby reclaiming valuable and useful methods of analyzing poems. Beginning with Plato and Aristotle, Simon Brittan moves from classical theory to the lesser-known medieval exegetical theories of such notables as Augustine, Aquinas, and Origen; addresses theory pertaining to Renaissance Italy and Dante, English theory of the Middle Ages, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the Romantic period; and concludes by weighing the poetry of T.E. Hulme, T.S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound on the larger historical scale of literary theory. By acknowledging interpretive theories of the past, Brittan provides a proper historical frame of reference in which todays student can better understand figurative language in poetry. - Publisher.

Dante Alighieri,1265-1321-- Aesthetics.

Dante Alighieri,1265-1321-- Esthétique.

Dante Alighieri,1265-1321.

Allegory.

American poetry-- 20th century-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.

English poetry-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.

Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.

Metaphor.

Symbolism in literature.

Allégorie.

Métaphore.

Poésie américaine-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique-- Théorie, etc.

Poésie anglaise-- Histoire et critique-- Théorie, etc.

Signification (Philosophie) dans la littérature.

Symbolisme dans la littérature.

Aesthetics.

Allegorie

Allegorieën.

Allegory.

Antike

Aufklärung

Gedichten.

Literaturtheorie

Meaning (Philosophy) in literature.

Metapher

Metaphor.

Métaphore.

Mittelalter

Poésie américaine-- Histoire et critique-- Théorie, etc.

Poésie anglaise-- Histoire et critique-- Théorie, etc.

Poetik

Renaissance

Signes et symboles-- Dans la littérature.

Signification (philosophie)-- Dans la littérature.

Symboliek.

Symbolism in literature.

Symbolismus

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Edition

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Brittan, Simon,1959-

Date of Transaction

20201204035938.0

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[Book]

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