Allegory in America

From Puritanism to Postmodernism

Inbunden, Engelska, 1995

AvD. Madsen,Deborah L Madsen,Madsen D. L.

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1995-12-18
Mått140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Literature and Religion
Antal sidor193
Upplaga1996
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780333646182

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General Editor's Foreword - Preface - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Allegory in the Old World - Allegory in Colonial New England - Captivity Narratives: Mary Rowlandson, Harriet Jacobs and the Rhetoric of Exceptionalism - Allegory and American Romanticism - Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rappaccini's Daughter and the Sovereignty of the Self - The Fate of Allegory in the Twentieth Century - John Barth's Giles Goat-Boy and Post-Romantic Allegory - Conclusion - Bibliography - Index