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

ISBN-13: 9780199240050 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 320 str.

G. R. Boys-Stones

Opis

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.

Recenzje

... intelligently conceived and well balanced ... this does identify most of the problems in question and provide an intelligent range of approaches with which readers will start to identify their own solutions to those problems. It is both a good collection of essays and a collection of good essays.

O autorze

G. R. Boys-Stones is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Durham