French Literature, Allegory
Allegory, popular from early times, was employed in Latin literature by such authorities as Augustine, Prudentius, Martianus Capella, and, in the late 12th century, Alain de Lille. It was used widely in religious and moralizing works, as in the long P�lerinage de la vie humaine (�Pilgrimage of Human Life�) by Guillaume de Deguileville, Dante's contemporary and a precursor
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