A dictionary of literary symbols / Michael Ferber.

Previous edition: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Aeolian harp -- Albatross -- Almond -- Amaranth -- Anchor -- Ant (or Emmet) -- Ape -- Apple -- April -- Armor -- Ash -- Asphodel -- Ass -- Autumn -- Basilisk -- Bat -- Bear -- Beast -- Bee -- Beech -- Bile, choler, gall, spleen -- Bird -- Black -- Black sun -- Blood -- Blue -- Book -- Bow and arrow -- Bread -- Breath -- Bronze -- Butterfly -- Caterpillar -- Cave -- Cedar -- Chess -- Cicada -- Clod -- Cloud -- Cock -- Comet -- Copper -- Crocodile -- Cuckoo -- Cup -- Cypress -- Daffodil -- Daisy -- Dance -- Dawn -- Death -- Deer -- Dew -- Dice -- Dog -- Dolphin -- Dove -- Dream -- Eagle -- East and west -- Elm -- Eye -- Fame or glory -- Fire -- Flower -- Fly -- Forest -- Fountain -- Fox -- Frankincense and myrrh -- Frog and toad -- Garden -- Goat -- Gold -- Goose -- Green -- Gull -- Hair -- Halcyon -- Harp, lyre, and lute -- Hawk -- Heron -- Holly -- Horse -- Humor -- Hunting -- Hyacinth -- Insect -- Iron -- Ivory -- Ivy -- Labyrinth -- Lark -- Laurel -- Lead -- Leaf -- Left and right -- Leopard -- Light and darkness -- Lightning -- Lily -- Linden -- Lion -- Liver -- Locust -- Lynx -- Mandrake -- Marigold -- Melancholy -- Metal -- Milk -- Mirror -- Mistletoe -- Mole -- Moon -- Mountain -- Music of the spheres -- Myrtle -- Nature -- Night -- Nightingale -- Number -- Oak -- Oil -- Olive -- Owl -- Palm -- Pansy -- Path -- Peacock -- Pearl -- Pelican -- Phoenix -- Pig -- Pipe, Flute, Reed, Oat -- Planet -- Plow -- Poplar -- Poppy -- Purple -- Purple flower -- Pyramid -- Rain -- Rainbow -- Raven -- Red -- Ring -- River -- Rose -- Saffron -- Salamander -- Scarlet -- Scorpion -- Sea -- Seasons -- Seed -- Serpent -- Sewing and quilting -- Sheep -- Ship -- Siege -- Silver -- Sparrow -- Spider -- Spring -- Star -- Stork -- Summer -- Sun -- Sunflower -- Swallow -- Swan -- Theatre -- Tiger -- Time -- Tower -- Tree -- Trumpet -- Urn -- Valley -- Veil -- Violet -- Volcano -- Wasp -- Weaving and spinning -- West wind -- Whale -- White -- Willow -- Wind -- Wine -- Winter -- Wolf -- Woodpecker -- Worm -- Wormwood -- Yellow -- Yew -- Yoke.

This is the first dictionary of symbols to be based on literature, rather than universal psychological archetypes or myths. It explains and illustrates the literary symbols that we all frequently encounter, and gives hundreds of cross-references and quotations. The dictionary concentrates on English literature, but its entries range widely from the Bible and classical authors to the twentieth century, taking in American and European literatures.

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