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Barbara Seward reads western literary history through what is perhaps its most enduring ― and most endearing ― symbol. The rose is secular and divine love; Apuleius’s ass and the Virgin Mary; beauty, youth, joy, and sorrow at the world's transience.
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The Symbolic Rose, Barbara Seward
- Language
- Released
- 2020
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- The Symbolic Rose
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Barbara Seward
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN13
- 9780231942362
- Series
- Rating
- 4.35 out of 5
- Description
- Barbara Seward reads western literary history through what is perhaps its most enduring ― and most endearing ― symbol. The rose is secular and divine love; Apuleius’s ass and the Virgin Mary; beauty, youth, joy, and sorrow at the world's transience.