This is the first dictionary of symbols to be based on literature, rather than 'universal' psychological archetypes or myths. It explains and illustrates the literary symbols that we all frequently ...

Here is a paragraph about symbols from the Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics by Preminger, Warnke and Hardison, 1974: What makes reading literature and viewing films fun is identifying ...

That’s literally just a tree on this occasion. In literature, a writer uses symbols to suggest deeper ideas to a reader. Symbols stand for something else beyond their literal meaning.

This dictionary documents alchemical symbolism from the early centuries AD to the late-twentieth century, for use by historians of literary culture, philosophy, science and the visual arts, and ...

The Bible is a rich source of literary devices. These devices help illuminate difficult concepts so readers can broaden their understanding. Symbolism and metaphors are two types of literary ...