Abstract

Introduction: ideology and trope in epic argument Part I. The Ancient Epic: 1. The politics of the simile in the Iliad 2. The Aeneid: the power of the figure 3. The figurative economy of the Aenid Part II. Versions of the Renaissance Epic: 4. The epistemologies of errantry in The Faerie Queene 5. The politics of allegory in The Faerie Queene 6. The compulsion of Trope: two paradigms notes Index of citations General index.

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