Allegory in America

Allegory in America From Puritanism to Postmodernism

Hardback (01 Jan 1996)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Madsen (American studies, U. of Leicester) surveys the history of American allegorical writing from the Puritans through the period of American Romanticism to Postmodernism, and finds that allegory has a double function, with the ability to represent more than one set of cultural myths. She examines captivity narratives, Nathaniel Hawthorne's Rappa

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Macmillan

Macmillan

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Book information

ISBN: 9780312159986
Publisher: Macmillan
Imprint: Macmillan
Pub date:
DEWEY: 810.915
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: ix/193p
Weight: 376g
Height: 221mm
Width: 142mm
Spine width: 21mm