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Structures of Appearing

Allegory and the Work of Literature

by Brenda Machosky

  • Hardback
  • 272 pages
  • Publisher: Fordham University Press
  • 16.1 x 23.2 x 2.3 cm

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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 allegory itself must appear allegorically and thus cannot be forced into a logos-centric metaphysical system. She builds on the work of Maurice Blanchot and Emmanuel Levinas to argue that the allegorical image is not a likeness to anything, not a subjective reflection, but an absolute otherness that becomes accessible by virtue of its unique structure. Allegory thus makes possible not merely the textual work of literature but the work that literature is. Machosky develops this insight in readings of Prudentius, Dante, Spenser, Hegel, Goethe, and Kafka.
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  • Author

    Brenda Machosky

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Fordham University Press

  • Published

    November 2012

  • Weight

    500g

  • Page Count

    272

  • Dimensions

    16.1 x 23.2 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780823242849

  • ISBN-10

    0823242846

  • Eden Code

    4585627

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