James J. Paxson, Paxson James J.

The Poetics of Personification

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Produktbeschreibung

An appraisal of literary personification in the light of developments in poststructuralist thought.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 322g
• ISBN-13: 9780521106313
• ISBN-10: 0521106311
• Artikelnr.: 25855774

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. A history of personification theory
2. Towards a taxonomy of tropes
3. Narrative level, personification, and character ontology in Prudentius' Psychomachia
4. A phenomenology of personification
5. Personification, dreams, and narrative structure in Piers Plowman B
6. Narrating the personification of personification in The Faerie Queene
Conclusion
Taxonomy II and future directions in personification theory
Notes
Works cited
Index.