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The Language of Allegory: Defining the Genre
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This lively and innovative work treats a body of literature not previously regarded as a unified genre. Offering comparative readings of a number of texts that are traditionally called allegories and that cover a wide time span, Maureen Quilligan formulates a vocabulary for talking about the distinctive generic elements they share. The texts she considers range from the twelfth-century
to Pynchon's
, and include such works as
, Langland's
, Hawthorne's
, Melville's
, and Spenser's
. Whether or not readers agree with this book, they will enjoy and profit from it.