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Allegory in America: From Puritanism to Postmodernism

Allegory in America: From Puritanism to Postmodernism

Madsen, D.

Hardcover

Series: Studies in Literature and Religion

Literary CriticismGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0333646185
ISBN13: 9780333646182
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 18 1995
Pages: 193
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Allegory in America surveys the history of American allegorical writing from the Puritans through the period of American romanticism to postmodernism. In a series of theoretical chapters the cultural function of allegory is discussed in relation to the mythology of American exceptionalism. Each theoretical chapter is followed by a chapter that analyzes a specific text or group of texts. Allegorical indeterminacy is seen to produce a literary tradition that both represents and subverts the ideals of American orthodoxy.

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