03168nam 22005415 450 991079313440332120190925031139.01-5017-1129-610.7591/9781501711299(CKB)4100000006671212(MiAaPQ)EBC5514715(OCoLC)1080550282(MdBmJHUP)muse70538(DE-B1597)515587(OCoLC)1054063556(DE-B1597)9781501711299(EXLCZ)99410000000667121220190925d2018 fg engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAllegoresis Reading Canonical Literature East and West /Longxi ZhangIthaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]©20051 online resource (x, 256 pages)0-8014-4369-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-249) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: The Validity of Cross-Cultural Understanding -- 2. Canon and Allegoresis -- 3. Interpretation and Ideology -- 4. The Utopian Vision, East and West -- 5. Conclusion: Reading and Politics -- Bibliography -- IndexWhy is it that a text, particularly a canonical text, is often said to contain a meaning different from what it literally says? How did allegorical readings arise and develop? By looking at such examples as Jewish and Christian interpretations of the Song of Songs and traditional Chinese commentaries on the Confucian classic Book of Poetry, Zhang Longxi discusses allegorical readings from a broad perspective that bridges the usual East/West cultural divide and examines their social and political implications. His approach is wide-ranging, cross-cultural, and cross-disciplinary, exploring allegoresis with regard to religion, philosophy, and literature. In his inquiry into allegory and allegorical interpretation, Zhang examines the idea of a self-explanatory text of the Bible as conceived by Augustine, Aquinas, and Luther; discusses the importance of the literal basis of textual interpretation; and takes up the question of moral responsibility and political allegiance. Zhang, who regards utopia as an allegory of social and political ideas, explores how utopian visions vary in their Chinese and Western expressions, in the process commenting on contemporary literary theory and political readings of literature past and present.Comparative literatureWestern and ChineseComparative literatureChinese and WesternCanon (Literature)AllegoryElectronic books. Comparative literatureWestern and Chinese.Comparative literatureChinese and Western.Canon (Literature)Allegory.809/.915Zhang Longxi, 1013470DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910793134403321Allegoresis3798834UNINA