THE PERVASIVE IMAGE The Role of Analogy in the Poetry of Ausiàs March -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The Historical and Theoretical Backgrounds to March's Analogies -- 1. The Analogical Background -- The Analogical Universe -- The Marchian Analogy and the Troubadour Tradition -- The Master/Servant Image -- The Marine Image -- Nontroubadouresque Themes -- March and the Provençal Tradition: Conclusions -- 2. Towards a Theory of Simile -- The Marchian Simile: A Fundamental Problem in Theory -- Aristotelian Theory of Simile and Metaphor -- Classical Theory: Simile, Metaphor, and Allegory -- The Flors del Gay Saber: Simile and Allegoria -- Simile and Exemplum -- Some Modern Theories of Metaphor -- The "Interaction" Theory of Metaphor -- An "Interactive" Theory of Simile -- PART II: Functions of the Analogy -- 3. Emotive and Explicative Functions -- The Emotive Effect -- New Metaphors for Old -- The Explicative Function -- 4. Prefiguring the Occasion -- Prefiguring the Occasion -- Cants de Mort XCIII, XCIV -- 5. Tactics in Persuasion -- The Effect of Implication -- The Deflection and Redirection of Moral Responsibility -- The Sophistic Argument -- 6. The Moral Perspective -- The Implication of the Moral Context -- 7. Some Further Aspects of March's Use of Analogy -- The Unsatisfactory Analogy -- A Special Problem: Allegory in LXVIII -- Use and Non-Use of Analogy -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index to Poems.