II. ANCIENT CONFIGURATIONS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. ABBREVIATIONS xii
5. I. THE ALLEGORICAL PROBLEM 1
6. II. ANCIENT CONFIGURATIONS 14
7. III. RITES OF PASSAGE: TRANSITIONS BETWEEN ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES 58
8. IV. AGES OF RENEWAL: THE EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD 122
9. V. TWELFTH-CENTURY GENESIS 161
10. VI. THE ALLEGORY OF CREATION: THE COSMOGRAPHIA 218
11. AFTERWORD 261
12. APPENDIX I: On the History of the Term ‘Allegory’ 263
13. APPENDIX II: On the History of the Term ‘Personification’ 269
14. INDEX 273