“Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne”: George Wither’s Collection of Emblemes (1635) as an epitome of a changing mode of literary expression
Emblems were commonplace in the 16th and 17th centuries. They comprise allegorical engravings and poetic comments, and signify through the particular interaction of both. Widely different types, modes of composition, and aims coexisted however, and the genre therefore still resists systematisation....
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Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
2019-12-01
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| Series: | XVII-XVIII |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/1718/2894 |