Metaphor, Allegory, and the Classical Tradition
Ancient Thought and Modern Revisions
Seiten
2003
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-924005-0 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-924005-0 (ISBN)
How closely do the theoretical notions of 'metaphor' and 'allegory' developed by ancient rhetoricians reflect the practice of classical writers? This question is tackled through 11 new essays in which ancient theories of metaphor are compared with 20th century alternatives.
According 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.
According 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.
G. R. Boys-Stones is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Durham
1. Introduction ; 2. Metaphor, simile, and allegory as ornaments of style ; 3. THE HARLOT'S ART. METAPHOR AND LITERARY CRITICISM ; 4. Plato on metaphors and models ; 5. Literary metaphor and philosophical insight. The significance of Archilochus ; 6. The problem of metaphor. Chinese reflections ; 7. Metaphor and metonymy. Aristotle, Jakobson, Ricoeur, and others ; 8. FIGURES OF ALLEGORY FROM HOMER TO LATIN EPIC ; 9. Allegory and exegesis in the Derveni papyrus. The origin of Greek scholarship ; 10. The Stoics' two types of allegory ; 11. The rhetoric of the Homeric Problems ; 12. Origen on Christ, tropology, and exegesis
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.3.2003 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 143 x 223 mm |
| Gewicht | 494 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-924005-1 / 0199240051 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-924005-0 / 9780199240050 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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