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The Cambridge companion to allegory / edited by Rita Copeland and Peter T. Struck. [electronic resou...

The Cambridge companion to allegory / edited by Rita Co...

The Cambridge companion to allegory / edited by Rita Copeland and Peter T. Struck. [electronic resou...

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The Cambridge companion to allegory / edited by Rita Copeland and Peter T. Struck. [electronic resource]

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Full title

The Cambridge companion to allegory / edited by Rita Copeland and Peter T. Struck. [electronic resource]

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Uniform title

Cambridge companions online.

Alternative title

BOOK

Record Identifier

74VKVw6N8WOl

MMS ID

991023962543902626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (xxiii, 295 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Content type

text

Media type

computer

Carrier type

online resource

Contents

Early Greek allegory / Dirk Obbink -- Hellenistic allegory and early imperial rhetoric / Glenn W. Most -- Origen as theorist of allegory : Alexandrian contexts / Daniel Boyarin -- Allegory and ascent in neoplatonism / Peter T. Struck -- Allegory in Christian late antiquity / Denys Turner -- Allegory...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2010.

Subjects

Subjects and topics

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Summary

Allegory is a vast subject, and its knotty history is daunting to students and even advanced scholars venturing outside their own historical specializations. This Companion will present, lucidly, systematically, and expertly, the various threads that comprise the allegorical tradition over its entire chronological range. Beginning with Greek antiqu...

Alternative Titles

Full title

The Cambridge companion to allegory / edited by Rita Copeland and Peter T. Struck. [electronic resource]

Variant title

Cambridge companions online.

BOOK

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Cambridge companions to literature

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

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Record Identifier

74VKVw6N8WOl

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVw6N8WOl

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ISBN

1-139-00285-6

1-139-80139-2

DDC

809/.915

MMS ID

991023962543902626

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