{"product_id":"the-language-of-allegory-defining-the-genre-hardback-9780801411854","title":"The Language of Allegory; Defining the Genre (Hardback) 9780801411854","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Language of Allegory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDefining the Genre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaureen Quilligan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801411854\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 June 1979\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuilligan has a number of stimulating new insights into the nature of allegory both medieval and modern. Much of her discussion focuses on \u003ci\u003eThe Faerie Queen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/i\u003e, but she does not neglect Hawthorne and Melville, while Nabokov and Pynchon receive two particularly astute readings. Along with valuable literary criticism, this book gives us an idea of a whole new revival of the theory of allegory.\u003c\/p\u003e (Virginia Quarterly Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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\u003ci\u003e De planctu naturae\u003c\/i\u003e to Pynchon's \u003ci\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e, and include such works as\u003ci\u003e Le Roman de la Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, Langland's \u003ci\u003ePiers Plowman\u003c\/i\u003e, Hawthorne's \u003ci\u003eScarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, Melville's \u003ci\u003eConfidence Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and Spenser's \u003ci\u003eFaerie Queene\u003c\/i\u003e. Whether or not readers agree with this book, they will enjoy and profit from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531215532312,"sku":"9780801411854","price":39.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-language-of-allegory-defining-the-genre-hardback-9780801411854","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}