| Description |
xvi, 204 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
SUNY series, the margins of literature |
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SUNY series, the margins of literature.
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Writing as the Daemonic -- Ch. 2. History of Metamorphic Allegory -- Ch. 3. Metamorphic Subjects. Transformations of Affect. Shame and Disappearance. Political Economy -- Ch. 4. Fabulous Monsters. The Insect. The Basilisk. Life-in-Death. Sharikov. Qfwfq -- Ch. 5. The Gender of Metamorphosis. The Apuleian Psyche. Circe's Metamorphoses. The Changeling Boy. Lamia's First Life. The Vehicular Female. The Crone |
| Summary |
Allegories of Writing presents the first full synthesis of allegory theory and literary metamorphosis. It examines the leading themes and the literary transformations of metamorphic tales from Homer, Plato, and Apuleius to Keats, Kafka, and Calvino, this book recovers the critical force of metamorphosis in secular Western literature. The author clarifies the cultural history of literary metamorphosis from the perspective of allegory theory. At the core of the study are the connections among Plato's Phaedrus, Apuleius's Golden Ass, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Keats's Lamia. Other primary texts are arranged around this core by their significant participation in the ironic literary deployment of metamorphic devices |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index |
| Subject |
Metamorphosis in literature.
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| LC no. |
94048335 |
| ISBN |
0791426238 (alk. paper) |
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0791426246 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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