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A dictionary of literary symbols /

This is the first dictionary of symbols to be based on literature, rather than universal psychological archetypes or myths. It explains and illustrates the literary symbols that we all frequently encounter, and gives hundreds of cross-references and quotations. The dictionary concentrates on English...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ferber, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Aeolian harp
  • Albatross
  • Almond
  • Amaranth
  • Anchor
  • Ant (or Emmet)
  • Ape
  • Apple
  • April
  • Armor
  • Ash
  • Asphodel
  • Ass
  • Autumn
  • Basilisk
  • Bat
  • Bear
  • Beast
  • Bee
  • Beech
  • Bile, choler, gall, spleen
  • Bird
  • Black
  • Black sun
  • Blood
  • Blue
  • Book
  • Bow and arrow
  • Bread
  • Breath
  • Bronze
  • Butterfly
  • Caterpillar
  • Cave
  • Cedar
  • Chess
  • Cicada
  • Clod
  • Cloud
  • Cock
  • Comet
  • Copper
  • Crocodile
  • Cuckoo
  • Cup
  • Cypress
  • Daffodil
  • Daisy
  • Dance
  • Dawn
  • Death
  • Deer
  • Dew
  • Dice
  • Dog
  • Dolphin
  • Dove
  • Dream
  • Eagle
  • East and west
  • Elm
  • Eye
  • Fame or glory
  • Fire
  • Flower
  • Fly
  • Forest
  • Fountain
  • Fox
  • Frankincense and myrrh
  • Frog and toad
  • Garden
  • Goat
  • Gold
  • Goose
  • Green
  • Gull
  • Hair
  • Halcyon
  • Harp, lyre, and lute
  • Hawk
  • Heron
  • Holly
  • Horse
  • Humor
  • Hunting
  • Hyacinth
  • Insect
  • Iron
  • Ivory
  • Ivy
  • Labyrinth
  • Lark
  • Laurel
  • Lead
  • Leaf
  • Left and right
  • Leopard
  • Light and darkness
  • Lightning
  • Lily
  • Linden
  • Lion
  • Liver
  • Locust
  • Lynx
  • Mandrake
  • Marigold
  • Melancholy
  • Metal
  • Milk
  • Mirror
  • Mistletoe
  • Mole
  • Moon
  • Mountain
  • Music of the spheres
  • Myrtle
  • Nature
  • Night
  • Nightingale
  • Number
  • Oak
  • Oil
  • Olive
  • Owl
  • Palm
  • Pansy
  • Path
  • Peacock
  • Pearl
  • Pelican
  • Phoenix
  • Pig
  • Pipe, Flute, Reed, Oat
  • Planet
  • Plow
  • Poplar
  • Poppy
  • Purple
  • Purple flower
  • Pyramid
  • Rain
  • Rainbow
  • Raven
  • Red
  • Ring
  • River
  • Rose
  • Saffron
  • Salamander
  • Scarlet
  • Scorpion
  • Sea
  • Seasons
  • Seed
  • Serpent
  • Sewing and quilting
  • Sheep
  • Ship
  • Siege
  • Silver
  • Sparrow
  • Spider
  • Spring
  • Star
  • Stork
  • Summer
  • Sun
  • Sunflower
  • Swallow
  • Swan
  • Theatre
  • Tiger
  • Time
  • Tower
  • Tree
  • Trumpet
  • Urn
  • Valley
  • Veil
  • Violet
  • Volcano
  • Wasp
  • Weaving and spinning
  • West wind
  • Whale
  • White
  • Willow
  • Wind
  • Wine
  • Winter
  • Wolf
  • Woodpecker
  • Worm
  • Wormwood
  • Yellow
  • Yew
  • Yoke.