Originally published in 1971. In Mysteriously Meant, Professor Allen maps the intellectual landscape of the Renaissance as he explains the discovery of an allegorical interpretation of Greek, Latin, and finally Egyptian myths and the effect this discovery had on the development of modern attitudes toward myth. He believes that to understand Renaissance literature one must understand the interpretations of classical myth known to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In unraveling the elusive strands of myth, allegory, and symbol from the fabric of Renaissance literature such as Milton's Paradise Lost, Allen is a helpful guide. His discussion of Renaissance authors is as authoritative as it is inclusive. His empathy with the scholars of the Renaissance keeps his discussion livelya witty study of interpreters of mythography from the past.
His empathy with the scholars of the Renaissance keeps his discussion livelya witty study of interpreters of mythography from the past.
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I Pagan Myth and Christian Apologetics |
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II The Renaissance Search for Christian Origins: The Philosophers |
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III The Renaissance Search for Christian Origins: The Sacred History |
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IV Undermeanings in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey |
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V The Symbolic Wisdom of the Ancient Egyptians |
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107 | (28) |
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VI Undermeanings in Virgil's Aeneid |
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135 | (28) |
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VII Undermeanings in Ovid's Metamorphoses |
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163 | (38) |
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VIII The Allegorical Interpretation of the Renaissance Mythographers |
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IX The Symbolic Interpretations of Renaissance Antiquarians |
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X The Rationalization of Myth and the End of Allegory |
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| Bibliography |
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Don Cameron Allen was the Sir William Osler Professor of English at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Harmonious Vision, Image and Meaning, and Doubt's Boundless Sea; the editor of A Celebration of Poets; and coeditor of The Poetic Tradition: Essays on Greek, Latin, and English Poetry.
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