Author: Silas G. PrattPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
America Historical Allegory
Author: Silas G. PrattAllegory in America
Author: D. MadsenPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230379931
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
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.
Grand Historical Allegory of "America."
Author: Bartley CampbellAllegories of America
Author: Frederick M. DolanPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501726234
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Allegories of America offers a bold idea of what, in terms of political theory, it means to be American. Beginning with the question What do we want from a theory of politics? Dolan explores the metaphysics of American-ness and stops along the way to reflect on John Winthrop, the Constitution, 1950s behavioralist social science, James Merrill, and William Burroughs. The pressing problem, in Dolan's view, is how to find a vocabulary for politics in the absence of European metaphysics. American political thinkers, he suggests, might respond by approaching their own theories as allegories. The postmodern dilemma of the loss of traditional absolutes would thus assume the status of a national mythology—America's perennial identity crisis in the absence of a tradition establishing the legitimacy of its founding. After examining the mid-Atlantic sermons of John Winthrop, the spiritual founding father, Dolan reflects on the authority of the Constitution and the Federalist. He then takes on questions of representation in Cold War ideology, focusing on the language of David Easton and other liberal political "behaviorists," as well as on cold War cinema and the coverage of international affairs by American journalists. Additional discussions are inspired by Hannah Arendt's recasting of political theory in a narrative framework. here Dolan considers two starkly contrasting postwar literary figures—William S. Burroughs and James Merrill—both of whom have a troubled relationship to politics but nonetheless register an urgent need to articulate its dangers and opportunities. Alongside Merrill's unraveling of the distinction between the serious and the fictive, Dolan assesses the attempt in Arendt's On Revolution to reclaim fictional devices for political reflection.
Hawthorne's Historical Allegory
Author: John E. BeckerPublisher: Port Washington, N.Y. : Kennikat Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Some historical tales. My kinsman, Major Molineux ; Young Goodman Brown ; The Maypole of Merry Mount ; The gray champion ; Legends of the Province House ; Howe's masquerade ; Lady Elinore's mantle -- The custom house. Unity ; Traditional prefaces ; Four phases ; Allegorical functions -- The scarlet letter. The initial ritual ; Hester and Pearl ; Puritan society ; Chillingworth and Dimmesdale ; The forest ; The concluding ritual -- Allegory and history. Typology ; Allegory and symbolism ; Allegory and realism ; Profile of Hawthorne's allegory.
BUILDING THE AMER NATION AN AL
Author: Rossell Galbraith 1846 O'BrienPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781361527436
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
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Studies in Spenser's Historical Allegory
Author: Edwin 1874-1931 GreenlawPublisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781014658869
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Studies in Spenser's Historical Allegory
Author: Edwin 1874-1931 GreenlawPublisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781014001092
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Samuel: American Allegory
Author: Jeremy ZauggPublisher:
ISBN: 9781463738440
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
SAMUEL: AMERICAN ALLEGORY is an allegory of American history from 1492 to World War Two.The book is set in the second half of the eighteenth century and is narrated by Aurora, a young American girl traveling to England for the first time with her mother and her Uncle Samuel, both of whom left England when they were young after a series of family tragedies and feuds. They are returning to attend the deathbed of their older brother in the hope of repairing old wounds.From reading the journals that her mother kept when she was a small girl, and getting to know her cousin, Aurora gradually pieces together the story of how her once rich and influential English family disintegrated and how her mother and uncle came to be in America, where her Uncle Samuel eventually built a new fortune. At the same time she finds herself falling in love with her handsome young cousin.
The Pendulum
Author: Carl MonutoPublisher:
ISBN: 9781434837714
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
A King learns of an impending threat, a legion of phantom assassins bent on his destruction, while his son discovers the King's nefarious past. Meanwhile, an aristocratic cabal seeks to dispose the King and impose their jingoistic rule, waiting for a moment of vulnerability to launch their insidious plot. Will the Prince, driven to seek his kingdom's redemption, unknowingly provide the breach through which his crown is ripped away? The Pendulum is the tale of a young man's journey past the certainties of childhood into the moral ambiguities of his father's past as he struggles to reclaim his throne. Also, through historical symbolism, it is a provocative thesis examining America's military actions against the backdrop of its political landscape and the annals of world military conquest. From ancient times to World War II and beyond, The Pendulum is an enlightening trek through the saga of humankind's fratricide.