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Book SynopsisProfessor Korshin delineates the development of typology from the theological to the secular sphere through a study of abstracted typology, or types that writers transferred from their customary religious contexts and put into various genres of literature, from poetry and fables to novels and histories. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xiii*Abbreviations and Short Titles, pg. xvii*1. Introduction: the Typological Propensity, pg. 1*2. The Possibilities and Limits of Typology, pg. 16*3. Figural Change and the Survival of Typological Tradition, pg. 39*4. Typology as System, pg. 75*5. The Development of Abstracted Typology, pg. 101*6. Typology and Myth, pg. 133*7. Typology and the Novel, pg. 186*8. Typology and Satire, pg. 269*9. Typology and Prophecy, pg. 328*10. The Typology of Everyday Life, pg. 369*11. Typology: A Bibliographical Essay, pg. 396*Index, pg. 409
