"Think on the Bludy Serk:" Allegory and Figura in Henryson's Minor Poem.
This essay analyzes the allegorical mode of the previously understudied poem by Robert Henryson, The Bludy Serk. In Serk, a knight saves a lady whom he loves from an evil giant, dying in the process. This story is then compared to the story of Christ's Passion, and the poem concludes by identifying...
| Publicado en: | Neophilologus Vol. 108; no. 3; pp. 517 - 534 |
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