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

• Autore: Gulya Jason J.
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (107 pages)
• Disciplina: 809.915
• Soggetto topico: Allegory; English literature; English literature - 18th century - History and criticism
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Allegory in Enlightenment Britain
• ISBN: 9783031190360; 9783031190353
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910633930603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave pivot. .