Christian Allegory in Early Hispanic Poetry

Authors

David William Foster, Arizona State University

Access Type

Online access to this book is only available to eligible users.

Files

Description

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 method in medieval Hispanic literature—works in Spanish, Portuguese, Galician, and Catalan—he shows, was fully equal to that found in the medieval Latin, Italian, and English literatures, and an understanding of its use serves to clarify the interpretation of many individual poems.

David William Foster is in the department of Spanish at Arizona State University.

Publication Date

1970

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Place of Publication

Lexington, KY

ISBN

9780813152332

eISBN

9780813162911

Keywords

Allegory, Spanish poetry, Christian poetry

Disciplines

Spanish Literature

Series

Studies in Romance Languages

Recommended Citation

Foster, David William, "Christian Allegory in Early Hispanic Poetry" (1970). Spanish Literature. 12.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_spanish_literature/12