Allegory old and new
Subtitle: in literature, the fine arts, music, and theatre, and its continuity in culture
By: edited by Marlies Kronegger and Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka.
Contributors: Kronegger, Marlies.; Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa.; World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning.; International Society for Phenomenology and Literature. Congress; International Phenomenology Congress (29th : 1992 : Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
Series: Analecta Husserliana ;; v. 42
Publisher: Kluwer Academic
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Dordrecht ; Boston
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Allegory -- Congresses; Literature -- Philosophy -- Congresses; Arts -- Congresses
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 linguistic 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 transformations. 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
English and French.
"Published under the auspices of the World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning."
A selection of papers from two congresses held by the International Society of Phenomenology and Literature, the 17th annual congress in Cambridge, MA, in April, 1992, and the 29th International Phenomenology Congress in Luxemburg, June 14, 1992.