Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition Handbook of Small Electric Motors EAN: 9781424011674

EAN: 9781424011674

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Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition Handbook of Small Electric Motors EAN: 9781424011674According to the theoretical accounts which survive in the rhetorical handbooks of antiquity, allegory is extended metaphor, or an extended series of metaphors. This volume provides a critical discussion of ancient definitions of allegory and metaphor as merely ornamental 'tropes'. They examine metaphor and allegory from a variety of perspectives and compare theory with ancient literary practice.