Structures of Appearing: Allegory and the Work of Literature

Contents

v Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: A Phenomenological Approach 1 1. Face Off:The Allegorical Image and Aesthetics 28 2. A Phenomenological Reduction: Allegory in the Psychomachia 64 3. The Changing Faces of Allegory: Dante and Spenser 95 4. The Allegorical Structure of Phenomenology of Spirit 128 5. Reconsidering Allegory and Symbol: Benjamin and Goethe 155 6. Allegory as Metonymy:The Figure without a Face 181 Notes 213 Bibliography 237 Index 247 ...