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In search of "Kynde Knowynge" : Piers Plowman and the origin of allegory /
Readers today no longer relish sustained allegorical narratives the way they did in the Middle Ages, when the art of 'other-speaking' was as dominant in poetic discourse as it was elsewhere. Yet we live in an age which, following the postmodernist dictum that any sign can only refer to oth...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Rodopi,
2007.
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| Colección: | Costerus ;
new ser., v. 168. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Readers today no longer relish sustained allegorical narratives the way they did in the Middle Ages, when the art of 'other-speaking' was as dominant in poetic discourse as it was elsewhere. Yet we live in an age which, following the postmodernist dictum that any sign can only refer to other signs, has declared all language liable to the 'allegorical condition'. This paradox has led the author to question the epistemological assumptions underlying allegories composed in an era which, conversely, favoured the oblique form of expression while professing its belief in the divine Logos as the ultim. |
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| Notas: | "Originated in a dissertation project ..."--Page 9 |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429480970 1429480971 904202173X 9789042021730 9401204144 9789401204149 |