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by Angus Fletcher; Foreword by Harold Bloom

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From the publisher

Anyone who has ever said one thing and meant another has spoken in the mode of allegory. The allegorical expression of ideas pervades literature, art, music, religion, politics, business, and advertising. But how does allegory really work and how should we understand it? For more than forty years, Angus Fletcher's classic book has provided an answer that is still unsurpassed for its comprehensiveness, brilliance, and eloquence. With a preface by Harold Bloom and a substantial new afterword by the author, this edition reintroduces this essential text to a new generation of students and scholars of literature and art.

Allegory puts forward a basic theory of allegory as a symbolic mode, shows how it expresses fundamental emotional and cognitive drives, and relates it to a wide variety of aesthetic devices. Revealing the immense richness of the allegorical tradition, the book demonstrates how allegory works in literature and art, as well as everyday speech, sales pitches, and religious and political appeals.

In his new afterword, Fletcher documents the rise of a disturbing new type of allegory--allegory without ideas.

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"This is still the best account of allegory we have. It is a remarkable fusion of theoretical speculation and brilliant literary analysis. If I were teaching a course on allegory, this would be the major book I would assign."--Stanley Fish, author of How Milton Works

"An enormously valuable tool for understanding complex literary texts like Spenser's Faerie Queene."--Stephen Greenblatt, author of Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

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  • Title Allegory: The Theory of a Symbolic Mode
  • Author Angus Fletcher; Foreword by Harold Bloom
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 472
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Princeton University Press
  • Publication date 2012
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780691151809 / 0691151806
  • Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 3.05 cm)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Allegory, Symbolism in literature
  • Dewey Decimal Code 700.415

About the author

Angus Fletcher is distinguished professor emeritus of English and comparative literature at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. His books include Time, Space, and Motion in the Age of Shakespeare and A New Theory for American Poetry. Harold Bloom (1930-2019) was Sterling Professor of the Humanities and English at Yale University.
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