| Description |
1 online resource (145 pages) |
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Studies in Romance languages, 4 |
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Studies in Romance languages (Lexington, Ky.) ; 4.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I: The Concept of Fulfillment and the Unity of Divine History; CHAPTER II: The Figure of Adam and Man as Saint and Sinner; CHAPTER Ill: The Concept of Mary in Thirteenth-Century Spanish Poetry; CONCLUSION; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
Distinguishing figural or typological allegory -- a method adapted from the Christian exegesis of the Old Testament -- from the broader Hellenistic concept of allegory, this book examines its use in representative poems of early Hispanic literature. The author focuses on the thematic and structural employment of this originally nonliterary device and comments on the literary problems it posed and the artistic effects which were achieved by it. The development of this particular allegorical method in medieval Hispanic literature -- works in Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, and Catalan -- he shows |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Spanish poetry -- To 1500 -- History and criticism
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Spanish poetry -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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Christian poetry, Spanish -- History and criticism
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Allegory.
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Symbolism in literature.
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allegories (literary works)
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POETRY -- Continental European.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
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Symbolism in literature
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Allegory
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Christian poetry, Spanish
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Spanish poetry
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Spanish poetry -- Classical period
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813162911 |
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0813162912 |
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