Metaphor and belief in The Faerie Queene / Rufus Wood
1997, First Edition. London New York : Macmillan ; St. Martin's Press. Near fine copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #407151
ISBN: 0333613678
Physical description: ix, 233 pages ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-227) and index. Contents: Introduction: The Elizabethan Poetics of Metaphor -- 1. Metaphor as an Act of Faith. Not Seeing the Wood for the Trees. Not Seeing the Man for the Tree. Not Seeing Is Not Believing. Blindness and Insight -- 2. Metaphor as a Process of Change. Metaphor, Metamorphosis and Emblem. Conceiving Metaphors of Love. Mimetic Metaphor -- 3. Metaphor as an Act of Idolatry. Allegory and Idolatry. From Iconomach to Iconoclast. Idylls of Allegory -- 4. Meta-Metaphors. Mutabilitie's Mutation. The Nature of the Poem. Subjects: Spenser, Edmund 1552?-1599. Faerie queene; Spenser, Edmund 1552?-1599. Faerie queene Criticism and interpretation; Christianity and literature England History 16th century; Christian poetry, English History and criticism; Belief and doubt in literature; Renaissance England; Allegory; Metaphor.
Price: €120.00