Allegorical Moments: Call to the Everyday

by Lyn Hejinian

Book Overview

Considers allegory as a catalyst of transformative thinking

Allegorical Moments is a set of essays dedicated to rethinking allegory and arguing for its significance as a creative and critical response to sociopolitical, environmental, and existential turmoil affecting the contemporary world. Traditionally, allegorical interpretation was intended to express an orthodoxy and support an ideology. Hejinian attempts to liberate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819580856
• ISBN13: 9780819580856
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"