Allegory in America: From Puritanism to Postmodernism (Studies in Literature and Religion)
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- Language
- English
- Category
- Postmodernism
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- New
- ISBN-10
- 0333646185
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Allegory in America: From Puritanism to Postmodernism (Studies in Literature and Religion)
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ISBN: 0333646185
Author: Madsen, D.
Condition: New
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.
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