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Record Nr.

UNINA9910633930603321

Autore

Gulya Jason J.

Titolo

Allegory in enlightenment Britain : literary abominations / / Jason J. Gulya

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9783031190360

9783031190353

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 pages)

Collana

Palgrave pivot

Disciplina

809.915

Soggetti

Allegory

English literature

English literature - 18th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Book Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: How the British Enlightenment Transformed Allegory -- The British Enlightenment Project: Breaking from the Past? -- Adapt or Die -- References -- Chapter 2: How Bunyan's Anxieties about Allegory Sparked a Culture of Experimentation -- Bunyan the Apologist -- Bunyan the Innovator -- References -- Chapter 3: How Dryden Created an Abomination that Would Haunt the Next Century -- Dryden the Political Allegorist -- Dryden the Mad Allegorist -- References -- Chapter 4: How Prose Experiments Dissected Allegory -- Simulated Allegory in Swift -- Haywood's Creation: The Case of Eovaai -- Giving a Facelift to Allegory in the Early Novel -- References -- Chapter 5: How Critics Retrofitted Rules for Allegory -- Making Rules for Generic Allegory -- Reining in Modal Allegory -- References -- Some Concluding Remarks -- A Note on Ideological Shifts -- References -- Index.