The Allegory of Love in the Early Renaissance by James Calum ... - 9781032389851

The Allegory of Love in the Early RenaissanceFrancesco Colonnas Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and its European Context\nAuthor(s): James Calum ONeill\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032389851, 978-1032389851\nSynopsis\nDescribed as the most beautiful book ever printed previous research has focused on the printing history of the Hypnerotomachia and its copious literary sources. This monograph critically engages with the narrative of the Hypnerotomachia and with Poliphilo as a character within this narrative, placing it within its European literary context. Using narratological analysis, it examines the journey of Poliphilo and the series of symbolic, allegorical, and metaphorical experiences narrated by him that are indicative of his metamorphosing interiority. It analyses the relationship between Poliphilo and his external surroundings in sequences of the narrative pertaining to thresholds; the symbolic architectur.