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Symbols in life and art : the Royal Society of Canada symposium in memory of George Whalley /

Northrop Frye describes the way symbols operate as media of exchange in literature, drawing examples from English literature in difference periods. Eva Kushner examines the increased freedom on expression possible to Renaissance poets because of the availability of a wider range of symbols. Poet and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Royal Society of Canada
Otros Autores: Leith, James A., Whalley, George, 1915-1983
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Kingston, Ont. : Published for the Royal Society of Canada by McGill-Queen's University Press, 1987.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents/Table des MatiÃ?res
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Remerciements
  • The Symbol as a Medium of Exchange
  • Symbols of Unity and Integration
  • Steel Syntax: The Railroad as Symbol in Canadian Poetry
  • Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, and Albert Aurier: The Perception of Life in Death
  • La Fonction des Mythes Dynamiques dans la Construction de l'Imaginaire Social
  • Symbols in Religion
  • Symbols in the French Revolution: The Strange Metamorphoses of the Triangle
  • Le Statut du Symbole dans la Poésie de la Renaissance
  • Reflections