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Allegory in America

From Puritanism to Postmodernism

D Madsen author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:18th Dec '95

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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. 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.

ISBN: 9780333646182

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 410g

193 pages