The Cambridge Companion to Allegory Book

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Chronology

Introduction Rita Copeland Copeland, Rita Peter T. Struck Struck, Peter T.

Pt. I Ancient Foundations

1 Early Greek allegory Dirk Obbink Obbink, Dirk

2 Hellenistic allegory and early imperial rhetoric Glenn W. Most Most, Glenn W.

3 Origen as theorist of allegory: Alexandrian contexts Daniel Boyarin Boyarin, Daniel

Pt. II Philosophy, Theology, and Poetry 200 to 1200

4 Allegory and ascent in Neoplaronism Peter T. Struck Struck, Peter T.

5 Allegory in Christian late antiquity Denys Turner Turner, Denys

6 Allegory in Islamic literatures Peter Heath Heath, Peter

7 Twelfth-century allegory: philosophy and imagination Jon Whitman Whitman, Jon

Pt. III Literary Allegory: Philosophy and Figuration

8 Allegory in the Roman de la Rose Kevin Brownlee Brownlee, Kevin

9 Dante and allegory Albert R. Ascoli Ascoli, Albert R.

10 Medieval secular allegory: French and English Stephanie Gibbs Kamath Kamath, Stephanie Gibbs Rita Copeland Copeland, Rita

11 Medieval religious allegory: French and English Nicolette Zeeman Zeeman, Nicolette

12 Renaissance allegory from Petrarch to Spenser Michael Murrin Murrin, Michael

13 Protestant allegory Brian Cummings Cummings, Brian

14 Allegorical drama Blair Hoxby Hoxby, Blair

Pt. IV The Fall and Rise of Allegory

15 Romanticism's errant allegory Theresa M. Kelley Kelley, Theresa M.

16 American allegory to 1900 Deborah L. Madsen Madsen, Deborah L.

17 Walter Benjamin's concept of allegory Howard Caygill Caygill, Howard

18 Hermeneurics, deconstruction, allegory Steven Mailloux Mailloux, Steven

19 Allegory happens: allegory and the arts Post-1960 Lynette Hunter Hunter, Lynette

Further reading

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