Allegory in America: From Puritanism to Postmodernism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333646182)

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.

Author: D. Madsen
ISBN-10: 0333646185
ISBN-13: 9780333646182
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/18/1995
Pages: 193
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d