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Distinguishing figural or typological allegory -- a method adapted from the Christian exegesis of the Old Testament -- from the broader Hellenistic concept of allegory, this book examines its use in representative poems of early Hispanic literature. The author focuses on the thematic and structural employment of this originally nonliterary device and comments on the literary problems it posed and the artistic effects which were achieved by it. The development of this particular allegorical metho

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Author

David William Foster

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Published

1971

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813152332

Category

literary studies

Subjects

Poetry, History, Literary Fiction

Updated

2026-03-25