| Allegory Old and New: In Literature, the Fine Arts, Music and Theatre, and Its Continuity in Culture 1994 Edition Contributor(s): Kronegger, M. (Editor), Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9401176493 ISBN-13: 9789401176491 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Phenomenology - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 809.915 |
| Series: Analecta Husserliana |
| Physical Information: 340 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bringing allegory into the light from the neglect into which it fell means focusing on the wondrous heights of the human spirit in its significance for culture. Contemporary philosophies and literary theories, which give pre-eminence to primary linguistics forms (symbol and metaphor), seem to favor just that which makes intelligible communication possible. But they fall short in accounting for the deepest subliminal founts that prompt the mind to exalt in beauty, virtue, transcending aspiration. The present, rich collection shows how allegory, incorporating the soaring of the spirit, offers highlights for culture, with its fluctuations and transformation. This collective effort, rich in ideas and intuitions and covering a vast range of cultural manifestations, is a pioneering work, retrieving the vision of the exalted human spirit, bringing together literature, theatre, music and painting in a variety of revealing perspectives. The authors include: M. Kronegger, Ch. Raffini, J. Smith, J.B. Williamson, H. Ross, M.F. Wagner, F. Divorne, L. Oppenheim, D.K. Heckerl, N. Campi de Castro, P. Saurez Pascual, M. Alfaro Amieiro, H. Fletcher Thompson, R.J. Wilson III, and A. Stensaas. For specialists, students and workers in philosophy, comparative literature, aesthetic phenomenologists and historians of art. |