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Allegory is used extensively in Renaissance literature. Developing from the use of allegory in the Middle Ages, Renaissance literature exhibits an increased emphasis on courtly love, sometimes abandoning intelligibility for deliberately unintelligible allegories. The early modern theory of allegory is discussed in Sir John Harington's (included in his translation of Ariosto's Orlando furioso, 1591).

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  • Allegory is used extensively in Renaissance literature. Developing from the use of allegory in the Middle Ages, Renaissance literature exhibits an increased emphasis on courtly love, sometimes abandoning intelligibility for deliberately unintelligible allegories. The early modern theory of allegory is discussed in Sir John Harington's (included in his translation of Ariosto's Orlando furioso, 1591). (en)
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  • Allegory is used extensively in Renaissance literature. Developing from the use of allegory in the Middle Ages, Renaissance literature exhibits an increased emphasis on courtly love, sometimes abandoning intelligibility for deliberately unintelligible allegories. The early modern theory of allegory is discussed in Sir John Harington's (included in his translation of Ariosto's Orlando furioso, 1591). (en)
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  • Allegory in Renaissance literature (en)
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