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Galaxy book volume GB17
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Oxford University Press
Pub. Date:
1958, c1936
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The Allegory of Love is a study in medieval tradition—the rise of both the sentiment called "Courtly Love" and of the allegorical method—from eleventh-century Languedoc through sixteenth-century England. C. S. Lewis devotes considerable attention to The Romance of the Rose and The Faerie Queene, and to such poets as Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, and Thomas Usk.
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Ideas explained volume 1
Publisher:
Open Court
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"Daoism Explained is a comprehensive introduction to Daoist thinking. After orienting the reader with a "Very Short History of Daoism," author Moeller then moves on to an incisive analysis of the Wheel, the Body (of corpses and infants), the famous "Dream of the Butterfly," and other symbolic elements - in doing so, deftly illustrating Daorst beliefs and principles." "Moeller sheds new light on Daoist texts by showing how English translations often...
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Kregel Academic
Pub. Date:
2020
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A survey of two literary devices that are indispensable for understanding salvation history A biblical type is a person, place, or thing in salvation history that corresponds to a later person, place, or thing in the scriptural text. An allegory is a passage that says one thing in order to say something else. Both are common literary devices in the Bible that are vital for understanding truths about Jesus Christ found nowhere else. In 40 Questions...
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Jewish Publication Society
Pub. Date:
1993
Edition:
1st paperback ed
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In this allegory, the author's reaction to the Holocaust, the animals of the forest are carried away, one type after another, by the Terrible Things, not realizing that if perhaps they would all stick together and not look the other way, such terrible things might not happen.
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Studies in historical philosophy volume 3
Publisher:
Ibidem Verlag
Pub. Date:
[2020]
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Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date:
2019
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"Iranian filmmakers have long been recognised for creating a vibrant, aesthetically rich cinema whilst working under strict state censorship regulations. As Michelle Langford reveals, many have found indirect, allegorical ways of expressing forbidden topics and issues in their films. But for many, allegory is much more than a foil against haphazardly applied censorship rules. Drawing on a long history of allegorical expression in Persian poetry and...
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Andrii Ponomarenko
Pub. Date:
2024
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In The Allegory of Love, C. S. Lewis presents a scholarly yet accessible exploration of the rich literary tradition of medieval allegory, with a particular focus on the concept of courtly love. This groundbreaking work traces the development of the allegorical form from its origins in classical literature through its flourishing during the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance. Lewis examines how medieval poets and writers used the allegory of love...
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Sea Harp Press
Pub. Date:
2023
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A bestselling Christian classic, now illustrated for kids!
As a parent, it's difficult to put rich, Christ-centered stories into words that children understand—that paint a picture of what a personal, daily relationship with Jesus looks like. Hinds Feet on High Places does just this.
A Christian classic, first written in 1955, this allegory of the Christian life follows a young woman's exciting journey from a place
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An investigation of the theory and practice of interpretation. Concentrating on interpretive allegory, the volume opens and organizes new approaches to over 2000 years of critical change. Its topics extend from pagan, Jewish, Christian, and Islamic perspectives to postmodern inquiries.
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Stanford University Press
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A unique collection of essays by allegory specialists and other scholars who engage allegory in exciting new ways. The essays are not limited to an examination of literary texts and works of art, and in fact focus on a wide range of topics that includes architecture, philosophy, theatre, science, and law. The book proves the truism that all language is allegorical, and more importantly it shows its consequences. To 'think allegory otherwise' is to...
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[s.n.]
Pub. Date:
[1600?]
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This painting shows an allegorical representation of the "Great Pestilence," as the Black Death was sometimes called in the 14th through 17th centuries. The painting shows an arid desert with a dead mother and her two children, angel overhead and what could be death stalking in the background.
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[s.n.]
Pub. Date:
1649
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This engraving shows the frontispiece to "Eikon Basililke," portraying King Charles I of England as a Christian martyr. After his death, Anglicans and royalists sought to portray the late king as such, and several artworks emerged shortly after his death showing him in this sympathetic light. However, most scholars and historians still agree that most of the king's actions did not come from a place of extreme piety, but rather speculated to be motivated...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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Stelio Cro's revealing work, arising from his more than half dozen previous books, considers the eighteenth-century Enlightenment in the context of the European experience with, and reaction to, the cultures of America's original inhabitants. Taking into account Spanish, Italian, French, and English sources, the author describes how the building materials for Rousseau's allegory of the Noble Savage came from the early Spanish chroniclers of the discovery...