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Literature in the Light of the Emblem.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1998Copyright date: ©1999Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (300 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442676732
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Literature in the Light of the EmblemLOC classification:
  • PN6348.5 .D359 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 The Emblem -- Definitions and Descriptions of Emblem-Books -- Forerunners of the Emblem -- Emblem Theory in German Studies during the 1970s -- The Relation of the Emblem to Fact and Truth -- Recent Developments in Emblem Studies -- 2 The Word-Emblem -- The Emblem-Book as a Source of Poetic Imagery -- The Emblem-Book as a Parallel for the Word-Emblem -- Towards a Phenomenology and Typology of the Word-Emblem -- The Forms of the Word-Emblem -- 3 Emblematic Poetry -- Copies or Imitations of Emblems in Poetry -- The Word-Emblem as the Foundation of a Poem -- The Word-Emblem as a Controlling or Unifying Element in Poetry -- The Emblematic Poem -- The Pattern Poem -- 4 Emblematic Drama -- The Emblematic Word in Drama -- The Emblematic Character -- The Emblematic Stage -- Drama as Extended Emblem -- 5 Emblematic Narrative Prose -- The Emblematic World-View of the Novel -- Emblematic Imagery -- The Emblematic Episode -- Emblematic Narrative Structure -- The Emblematic Frontispiece -- 6 Conclusion -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Bibliographies, Lists, and Catalogues of Emblem-books -- Critical Studies -- Selection of Works in English on German Baroque Literature -- Recent Comparative Studies of European Literature of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- Translations of European Poetry of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- INDEX OF NAMES -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- INDEX OF EMBLEM MOTIFS -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: The literature of the 16th and 17th centuries was informed by the symbolic thought embodied in the mixed art form of emblems. This study explores the relationship between the emblem and the literature of England and Germany during the period.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 The Emblem -- Definitions and Descriptions of Emblem-Books -- Forerunners of the Emblem -- Emblem Theory in German Studies during the 1970s -- The Relation of the Emblem to Fact and Truth -- Recent Developments in Emblem Studies -- 2 The Word-Emblem -- The Emblem-Book as a Source of Poetic Imagery -- The Emblem-Book as a Parallel for the Word-Emblem -- Towards a Phenomenology and Typology of the Word-Emblem -- The Forms of the Word-Emblem -- 3 Emblematic Poetry -- Copies or Imitations of Emblems in Poetry -- The Word-Emblem as the Foundation of a Poem -- The Word-Emblem as a Controlling or Unifying Element in Poetry -- The Emblematic Poem -- The Pattern Poem -- 4 Emblematic Drama -- The Emblematic Word in Drama -- The Emblematic Character -- The Emblematic Stage -- Drama as Extended Emblem -- 5 Emblematic Narrative Prose -- The Emblematic World-View of the Novel -- Emblematic Imagery -- The Emblematic Episode -- Emblematic Narrative Structure -- The Emblematic Frontispiece -- 6 Conclusion -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Bibliographies, Lists, and Catalogues of Emblem-books -- Critical Studies -- Selection of Works in English on German Baroque Literature -- Recent Comparative Studies of European Literature of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- Translations of European Poetry of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- INDEX OF NAMES -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- INDEX OF EMBLEM MOTIFS -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

The literature of the 16th and 17th centuries was informed by the symbolic thought embodied in the mixed art form of emblems. This study explores the relationship between the emblem and the literature of England and Germany during the period.

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