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Allegoresis - Reading Canonical Literature East and West (Hardcover)
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Allegoresis - Reading Canonical Literature East and West (Hardcover)
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Why is it that a text, particularly a canonical text, is often said
to contain a meaning different from what it literally says? How did
allegorical readings arise and develop? By looking at such examples
as Jewish and Christian interpretations of the Song of Songs and
traditional Chinese commentaries on the Confucian classic Book of
Poetry, Zhang Longxi discusses allegorical readings from a broad
perspective that bridges the usual East/West cultural divide and
examines their social and political implications. His approach is
wide-ranging, cross-cultural, and cross-disciplinary, exploring
allegoresis with regard to religion, philosophy, and literature. In
his inquiry into allegory and allegorical interpretation, Zhang
examines the idea of a self-explanatory text of the Bible as
conceived by Augustine, Aquinas, and Luther; discusses the
importance of the literal basis of textual interpretation; and
takes up the question of moral responsibility and political
allegiance. Zhang, who regards utopia as an allegory of social and
political ideas, explores how utopian visions vary in their Chinese
and Western expressions, in the process commenting on contemporary
literary theory and political readings of literature past and
present.
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