Classical Theories of Allegory and Christian Culture
- Author / Editor
- Rollinson, Philip
Classical Theories of Allegory and Christian Culture
- Published
- Pittsburgh, Pa.:
- London: Duquesne University Press;
- Harvester Press, 1981.
- Physical Description
- xx, 175 pp.
- Series
- Duquesne Studies in Language and Literature Series, no. 3.
- Description
- Classical and medieval theories of allegory profoundly affected the interpretation and creation of medieval allegorical literature. The medieval audience believed that all worthwhile writing represented some truth, not necessarily Augustinian "caritas."
- Appendix contains Englished excerpts from many of the authors in "Rhetores Graeci."
- (Appendix on primary Greek sources by Patricia Matsen).
- Contributor
- Matsen, Patricia.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.