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Allegory
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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
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674862883.prf

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
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