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I am sometimes alarmed and dismayed by the way some historians, especially when interpreting a literary or quasi-literary text, do not seem to understand anything about literary conventions, figures of speech &c. This leads to all kinds of misunderstandings about what is actually being said. The demise of traditional English teaching in favour of creativity may be to blame. I suspect art historians may see a parallel problem with allegorical pictures ... This might be a topic MeRel could explore ..... Brenda M.C.