Coleridge distinguished between this concept and a symbol by saying that this is "but a translation of abstract notions into picture language . . . unsubstantial and shapeless to boot." At work in both painting and literature, it differs from symbolism in that symbols can have widely varying meanings, while the many items in this correspond to only
Coleridge distinguished between this concept and a symbol by saying that this is "but a translation of abstract notions into picture language . . . unsubstantial and shapeless to boot." At work in both painting and literature, it differs from symbolism in that symbols can have widely varying meanings, while the many items in this correspond to only one specific idea or character. Including works like the play Everyman and the epic The Faerie Queen, FTP this is what literary form in which a network of symbols in the literal tale correspond to a deeper fundamental story?
Coleridge distinguished between this concept and a symbol by saying that this is "but a translation of abstract notions into picture language . . .