Allegory, Myth and Symbol - Brossura

9780674016415: Allegory, Myth and Symbol

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0674016416 ISBN 13: 9780674016415

Casa editrice: Harvard Univ Pr, 1981

After a long period of neglect and even disdain, allegory and myth in the broadest sense are coming again into their own as central tools to the understanding of literary art. The essays in this volume, ranging in time from the Middle Ages to the present and in subject from poetry to philosophy, explore the multiple interpretations of allegory, as well as the important distinctions among allegory, myth, and symbol. Besides assisting in the understanding of particular literary works and authors, this book makes a worthy contribution to comprehension of the major role allegory plays in literature and indeed in life. Among the nineteen essays are "`Awaking Dream': The Symbolic Alternative to Allegory," by Murray Krieger; "The Modern Revival of Myth," by James Engell; "The Two Allegories," by J. Hillis Miller; "The 'Rhythm of Metaphor,'" by Ronald Bush; and "Sartor Resartus and the Inverse Sublime: the Art of Humorous Deconstruction," by Peter Allan Dale.

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