Metaphor and Belief in the Faerie Queene

ISBN-13: 9780333613672 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 233 str.

Rufus Wood; R. Wood

Opis

Examines attitudes and uses of metaphor in Elizabethan poetry, concentrating on "The Faerie Queene". This work shows that the Elizabethan trust in the veracity of metaphor offers a possible explanation for the structure of certain literary forms of the period.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements - Introduction: The Elizabethan Poetics of Metaphor - Metaphor as an Act of Faith - Metaphor as a Process of Change - Metaphor as an Act of Idolatry - Meta-Metaphors - Notes - List of Works Cited - Index

O autorze

RUFUS WOOD