| Author(s) | Wisam Mansour |
| Affiliation | Associate Professor of English Literature, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Title | A Veiled Language: The Classical Origins of Renaissance Allegory |
| Source | Journal of King Saud University. Arts. Volume 17, No 2. (2005/1425) |
| Abstract | As a literary mode of expression and interpretation, allegory has been a matter of much controversy in modern studies of literature. Since the main emphasis has often been on a theory of allegory without an account of its historical origin and development, this has led to some serious misconception. This paper approaches allegory in a historical context and thus shows its rise and development from antiquity to the Renaissance, when it attained its literary and artistic maturity. |
