Fletcher, Angus/ Bloom,

Allegory

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ISBN 13:: 9780691151809
author:: Fletcher, Angus/ Bloom,
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Princeton University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2012
Pages:: 472
Dimensions:: 22.9 x 15.2 x 3 centimetres (0.6
Genre:: Literary Criticism, Semiotics & Theory
Condition:: New
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Angus Fletcher's "Allegory: The Theory of a Symbolic Mode" offers a comprehensive understanding of allegory as a symbolic mode. This influential work explores how allegory expresses fundamental emotional and cognitive drives, relating it to various aesthetic devices in literature, art, everyday speech, sales pitches, and religious and political appeals. The book provides a basic theory of allegory, demonstrating its immense richness within the allegorical tradition. Fletcher's new afterword documents the rise of a disturbing new type of allegory - one that lacks ideas. This edition reintroduces the author's groundbreaking work to a new generation of scholars and students, featuring a substantial new afterword. With its eloquent prose and in-depth analysis, "Allegory: The Theory of a Symbolic Mode" is an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand the power and significance of allegory.

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