Images of Crisis (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1982, Images of Crisis explores the premise that literature and art exploit various images to present culturally prevalent ideas, and thus create their own form of iconology. George Landow shows the tumultuous history of the past two hundred years has resulted in a plethora of metaphors associated with moments of human crisis.Combining close textual analysis with a theory of literary iconology, this fascinating reissue will be of particular value to...
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First published in 1982, Images of Crisis explores the premise that literature and art exploit various images to present culturally prevalent ideas, and thus create their own form of iconology. George Landow shows the tumultuous history of the past two hundred years has resulted in a plethora of metaphors associated with moments of human crisis.Combining close textual analysis with a theory of literary iconology, this fascinating reissue will be of particular value to students with an interest in literary images, and literary and cultural history.