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| Резюме: | 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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| Опис примірника: | "Originated in a dissertation project ..."--Page 9 |
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| Фізичний опис: | 1 online resource (257 pages) |
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| Формат: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
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| Бібліографія: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249) and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9781429480970
1429480971
904202173X
9789042021730
9401204144
9789401204149 |
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| Мова: | English. |
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| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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| Action Note: | digitized |
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