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Allegories of Writing
Bruce Clarke
其他書名
The Subject of Metamorphosis
出版State University of New York Press, 1995-08-23
主題Biography & Autobiography / Political
ISBN07914992199780791499214
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=RAhezkvr2OYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Allegories of Writing presents the first full synthesis of allegory theory and literary metamorphosis. It examines the leading themes and the literary transformations of metamorphic narratives. By applying current theories of the text and the subject to metamorphic tales from Homer, Plato, and Apuleius to Keats, Kafka, and Calvino, this book recovers the critical force of metamorphosis in secular Western literature.

The author clarifies the cultural history of literary metamorphosis from the perspective of allegory theory. At the core of the study are the connections among Plato's Phaedrus, Apuleius's Golden Ass, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Keats's Lamia. Other primary texts are arranged around this core by their significant participation in the ironic literary deployment of metamorphic devices.