Allen Mysteriously Meant

The Rediscovery of Pagan Symbolism and Allegorical Interpretation in the Renaissance
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4214-3528-2
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Originally published in 1971. In Mysteriously Meant, Professor Allen maps the intellectual landscape of the Renaissance as he explains the discovery of an allegorical interpretation of Greek, Latin, and finally Egyptian myths and the effect this discovery had on the development of modern attitudes toward myth. He believes that to understand Renaissance literature one must understand the interpretations of classical myth known to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In unraveling the elusive strands of myth, allegory, and symbol from the fabric of Renaissance literature such as Milton's Paradise Lost, Allen is a helpful guide. His discussion of Renaissance authors is as authoritative as it is inclusive. His empathy with the scholars of the Renaissance keeps his discussion lively—a witty study of interpreters of mythography from the past.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allen, Don Cameron

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Chapter 1. Pagan Myth and Christian Apologetics

Chapter 2. The Renaissance Search for Christian Origins: The Philosophers

Chapter 3. The Renaissance Search for Christian Origins: The Sacred History

Chapter 4. Undermeanings in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey

Chapter 5. The Symbolic Wisdom of the Ancient Egyptians

Chapter 6. Undermeanings in Virgil's Aeneid

Chapter 7. Undermeanings in Ovid's Metamorphoses

Chapter 8. The Allegorical Interpretation of the Renaissance Mythographers

Chapter 9. The Symbolic Interpretations of Renaissance Antiquarians

Chapter 10. The Rationalization of Myth and the End of Allegory
Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Allen, Don Cameron
Don Cameron Allen was the Sir William Osler Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Harmonious Vision, Image and Meaning, and Doubt's Boundless Sea; the editor of A Celebration of Poets; and coeditor of The Poetic Tradition: Essays on Greek, Latin, and English Poetry.