This Palgrave Pivot argues for the significance of allegory in
Enlightenment writing. While eighteenth-century allegory has often
been dismissed as an inadequate form, both in its time and in later
scholarship, this short book reveals how Enlightenment writers
adapted allegory to the cultural changes of the time. It examines
how these writers analyzed earlier allegories with scientific
precision and broke up allegory into parts to combine it with other
genres. These experimentations in allegory reflected the effects of
empiricism, secularization and a modern aesthetic that were
transforming Enlightenment culture. Using a broad range of examples
- including classics of the genre, eighteenth-century texts and
periodicals - this book argues that the eighteenth century helped
make allegory the flexible, protean literary form it is today.
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