Allegory : : The Theory of a Symbolic Mode / / Angus Fletcher.
Anyone who has ever said one thing and meant another has spoken in the mode of allegory. The allegorical expression of ideas pervades literature, art, music, religion, politics, business, and advertising. But how does allegory really work and how should we understand it? For more than forty years, A...
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