Introduction : Allegory as other -- pt. 1. The paradigm. The psychomachia and the nature of "pure" allegory -- pt. 2. Personifications and personae. Ironic allegory : The romance of the rose -- Allegorical spectacle : medieval morality drama -- Allegory and experience : The pilgrim's progress -- pt. 3. Integuments. Truth in transformation : The divine comedy -- Truth in abeyance : The faerie queene -- Epilogue : Allegory's aftermath.