American Allegory
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“Perhaps,” wrote Ralph Ellison more than seventy years ago, “the zoot suit contains profound political meaning; perhaps the symmetrical frenzy of the Lind
“Perhaps,” wrote Ralph Ellison more than seventy years ago, “the zoot suit contains profound political meaning; perhaps the symmetrical frenzy of the Lind
Allegory in America surveys the history of American allegorical writing from the Puritans through the period of American romanticism to postmodernism. In a seri
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 theo
This book argues that popular feminist fiction provided a key means by which American culture narrated and negotiated the perceived breakdown of American progre
Allegory is a vast subject, and its knotty history is daunting to students and even advanced scholars venturing outside their own historical specializations. Th