Structures of appearing : allegory and the work of literature / Brenda Machosky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Machosky, Brenda.

Series:

Perspectives in continental philosophy Styles of piety

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Allegory.

Symbolism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Taking a phenomenological approach to allegory, Structures of Appearing seeks to revise the history of aesthetics, identifying it as an ideology that has long subjugated art to philosophical criteria of judgment. Rather than being a mere signifying device, allegory is the structure by which something appears that cannot otherwise appear. It thus supports the appearance and necessary experience of philosophical ideas that are otherwise impossible to present or represent. Allegory is as central to philosophy as it is to literature. Following suggestions by Walter Benjamin, Machosky argues that a

Contents:

Introduction: A phenomenological approach

Face off: The allegorical image and aesthetics

A phenomenological reduction: Allegory in the psychomachia

Changing faces: Dante and Spenser

The allegorical structure of phenomenology of spirit

Reconsidering allegory and symbol: Benjamin and Goethe

Allegory as metonymy: The figure without a face.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8232-4288-9

0-8232-4632-9

OCLC:

815509875