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Giustiniani, Vito R. – Italica, 1969
Descriptors: Allegory, Epics, Italian Literature, Medieval Literature

Norton, Glyn P. – Italica, 1970
Descriptors: Allegory, Analytical Criticism, Epics, Italian Literature

Demaray, John G. – Italica, 1969
Descriptors: Allegory, Analytical Criticism, Christianity, Imagery

Wilhelm, James J. – Italica, 1970
Descriptors: Allegory, Christianity, Imagery, Italian Literature

Needler, H. I. – Italica, 1970
Descriptors: Allegory, Analytical Criticism, Characterization, Christianity

Hatcher, Anna; Musa, Mark – Italica, 1970
Descriptors: Allegory, Christianity, Epics, Formal Criticism

Orvieto, Enzo – Italica, 1969
Descriptors: Allegory, Christianity, Epics, Italian Literature

Brown, Merle E. – Italica, 1971
Study supported by a travel grant from the American Philosophical Society. (DS)
Descriptors: Allegory, Characterization, Formal Criticism, Italian Literature
Harrington, David V. – 1986
Although modern readers often find the interpretation of medieval literature difficult, they should be encouraged to use their imagination to resolve the dilemmas they encounter. Often, these are the same issues with which medieval audiences had to wrestle and which the poets intended to raise. W. Iser's and H. R. Jauss's principles of…
Descriptors: Allegory, Audience Participation, Ballads, Higher Education
Bloomfield, Morton W. – 1970
Seventeen reprinted essays and an unpublished one are contained in this collection and organized under five headings: History of Ideas, Approaches to Medieval Literature, Chaucer and Fourteenth-Century English Literature, Language and Linguistics, and Essay-Reviews. Topics discussed include the origin of the concept of the Seven Cardinal Sins;…
Descriptors: Allegory, Concept Formation, English Literature, Epics