Resisting Allegory

Harry Berger

Description

Spenser is a delirious poet. He can't plough straight. What he builds is shiftier, twistier, than anything dreamed up or put down by M. C. Escher. So begins Resisting Allegory, in which the leading Spenser critic of our time sums up a lifelong commitment to the theory and practice of textual interpretation. Spenser's great poem provides the occasion for a searching and comprehensive interdisciplinary exploration of reading practicesthose the author advocates as well as those he adapts or criticizes in entertaining a wide range of critical arguments with his celebrated combination of intellectual generosity and rigorous questioning.Berger is interested in how details of the poem's language-phrases, images, figures on which we haven't put enough interpretive pressure-disconcert traditional interpretations and big discourses that the poem has often been thought to serve. Central to this volume is an attention to the deployment of gender in conjunction with the Berger's notion of narrative complicity.Resisting Allegory offers a model of theoretically sophisticated criticism that never wavers in its close attention to the text. Berger offers a sustained and brilliantly articulated resistance not only to allegory, as the title indicates, but also to prevalent modes of cultural and historical criticism. As in all of Berger's books, a lucid reflection on questions of method-based on a profound and richly theoretically informed understanding of the workings of language and of the historical situations of the people involved in it-are interwoven with an interpretive practice that serves as an exemplary pedagogical model. Berger attends to historical and political context while deeply respecting the ways in which text can never be reduced to context. This distinctive and original book makes clear the scope and coherence of the critical vision elaborated Berger has elaborated in a lifetime of seminal and still-challenging critical arguments.

Sujets

• Reino Unido
• Ireland
• United Kingdom
• Semantics
• Stephen Ireland
• Great Britain
• Royaume-Uni

Informations

• Publié par: Fordham University Press
• Date de parution: 07 janvier 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780823285655
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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R e s i s t i n g A l l e g o r y

Réŝŝ Aéô ïnterpretive Delirium in Spenser’s Faerie Queene

arry Berger, Jr.

Edîted by David ee Miller

f o r d h a m u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s New York 

Çô © 2020 Fôà Uéŝ Péŝŝ

A ŝ éŝéé. Nô à ô ŝ ûbçàô à bé éôûçé, ŝôé  à ééà ŝŝé, ô àŝé  à ô ô b à éàŝ—ééçôç, éçàçà, ôôçô, éçô, ô à ôé—éxçé ô bé qûôàôŝ  é ééwŝ, wôû é ô éŝŝô ô é ûbŝé.

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ïôûçô: O éxŝ à Çôûééxŝ

Book OneLegend of Holinesse The Dŝàç Aûôôbà The Faerîe Queene, Bôôk 1: Éçŝ, Géé, à Oôŝôà Réà  é Séŝéà éx

Book TwoLegend of Temperaunce The Nààé àŝ Réôç The Faerîe Queene W Oû é O: Sqûééz é éx, 1951–2001

Book Three The Legend of Chastity Réŝŝ àŝàô: Bôà  Bôôk 3 ô Séŝé’ŝ Faerîe Queene Açàéô à é é Gàé: é Sà Pà  Séŝé’ŝ Gàéŝ ô Aôŝ

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Davîd Lee Mîer

ôûé ô ççà ééçé, bû à ŝ é wô àé. Béé ŝ ô éŝŝ éŝéŝŝ  éŝ éôûŝ àûéŝ à é ŝ ôîç  ŝ éw ôéŝ. ï àç, é wàŝ jûŝ é ŝàé. A ôzé bôôkŝ àé, ô ôçŝ àŝ àôûŝ àŝ Rébà, “ŝûçûà ŝàôôô,” çàéàŝ, çôûéŝ bôôkŝ, à Çŝà ûéŝ, éàéŝ à bé ôé ô éé àŝ  é àé éçôûéé ô à ôûé bû à ww. Nô ô àé é àéààçé ôRevîsîonary Pay, à ébàké ô wà wé çà ôw éçôzé àŝ é  ŝàé  ŝ çàéé-ô éàéé w Séŝé: à ŝééŝ ô ŝéé éŝŝàŝ ûbŝé béwéé 1991 à 2005 à éŝ Bôôkŝ 1–3 ôThe Faerîe Queene. àké ôéé, éŝé éŝŝàŝ ééô bô à çôééŝé ééàô ô é 1590 éx à à îé çàé éô éxà à jûŝ à éô ô éà ààŝ é àéôçà à. éé éŝŝàŝ ô Bôôk 1 àé béé éŝé à çôôàé ô é îŝ çàé ôResîstîng Aegory, wç ôw ôéŝ à û-éŝŝ éà ô é éé ô ôéŝŝé. Fôû ôé éŝŝàŝ, wô éàç ô Bôôkŝ 2 à 3 ô é ôé, àé éé éé. é çûé “Nààé àŝ Réôç The Faerîe Queene,” à ààk ô Séŝé ççŝ à îŝ àéàé En- gîsh Lîterary Renaîssance 1991 à ŝé é àbé ô é wôk ô çôé. Çéà éŝé éŝŝàŝ wéé àwàŝ àŝ ô à ŝé ôjéç. ôéé é à ôçé à ôéû ô é àûé àûçé  é àôûŝ ébû àéààçéŝ. à àûé ŝ ŝ é. Béé’ŝ wôk àŝ àwàŝ àé wé: Éŝŝàŝ ô é éà ’60ŝ àéà  é 1988 çôéçô w ô ôŝŝ ô ééçé. Uké ûç àççà ççŝ ô à éà, é àé ŝ ééçûà bàç, éà é éàé’ŝ û çôçéàé àé- ô. é éŝŝàŝ  ŝ ôûé àé jûŝ àŝ  wôû, à éàŝ ŝ ŝ ôé éàŝô ûç Séŝé ççŝ à àŝ àéàé ŝçé é jôûà àçéŝ wéé ûbŝé àŝ ô éçkôé w é çàéû éàŝ à àûéŝ—ôçà, é é ŝçûûôûŝ àéô Béé ŝé ééŝ ô é ççŝ é éàŝ. é ûbçàô ôResîstîng Aegoryôéŝ ûŝ àôé çàçé ô àké ŝôçk.

• éé éàûéŝ ô é wôk àéé éé éŝéçà ŝà ôû. Fŝ, é wôk ééŝéŝ à éàkàbé ééà à ŝéŝŝ ô é ôé ç- çà àô. ôûôû éŝé éŝŝàŝ Béé ŝ àçé éàé w é wôk ô ççŝ àçôŝŝ éé ééàôŝ. B ŝ ï ô’ éà à ŝ ôô- ôéŝ àé -bbôàéŝ, bû à é qûôéŝ, ççzéŝ, àjûŝŝ, à àŝŝàéŝ é wôk ô àjô ççŝ ô Ç. S. éwŝ à Nôô Fé ôû Wà Néŝô, Pàû Aéŝ, A. Bàé Gàà, Jô Wéb- ŝé, Mçàé Mû, Dôà Çéé, à Rçà àà ô A. é

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DéNéé, Séé Géébà, Jô N. K, Màûéé Qûà, àûé Sbéà, Jôàà Gôbé, Aû Ké, Dà Nôbôôk, ôûŝ Môôŝé, Sûŝàé Wôô, à à Gééŝô. Jé Dôé éàkŝ ô ŝ àŝéç ô Béé’ŝ wôk  “à Béé’ŝ ïééçûà Çôû- ”: “Môé à à ôé çç ï kôw, é bûŝ ŝ àûéŝ ôû ô  éçôûéŝ w é k ô ôé ébéŝ ô ŝ û, ôû û.” Béé çôéŝ  “Nààé àŝ Réôç” à é çôééçé ô ççà àûéŝ é ŝ ôçéŝà ŝûéŝŝ é éééçé ô à çôŝéŝûŝ, à ôéé éŝé éŝŝàŝ ôwéû ààçé à çà. ï ŝ b ô éàŝ à éûà ô éàŝ ŝéŝŝ: é àûé çàéŝ à ŝà ôéçà éé à çûŝ ààŝ é àççé ô ûç ŝôçŝ à çûûà ççŝ. ï’ŝ àŝô ŝçé Aéçà, ô àôû Béé ôéŝ çé à éw Éŝ ççŝ, ûç Éŝ à ïŝ ççŝ àŝ ûŝûé é çûûà ŝûéŝ àéà àéé b Béé’ŝ à é ô àûé. Bû é Aéçà Séŝé Béé àŝ çôŝûçé b ééà bô é ôé à é ççà àô w éà à ûûé éééŝ, ô àé é ôéàçé, éô, ô àéàçé, çôé ô é w ŝ àûéŝ. Oé éàŝô ŝ çôéçô éŝééŝ àéô ŝ à ŝ àŝŝûôŝ à ôçéûéŝ àé ŝô çàéû àçûàé. ŝ ŝ é ŝéçô éàûé à ŝàŝ ôû çéà. Béé ŝ àŝ bà à àŝŝàé à éôŝ àŝ é ŝ à ééé. Bé w é ôûçô, wç àŝ ôû  à éw bô, ééà ŝôkéŝ é éô à éô à ô é àûé, Béé ôéŝ à éàkàbé ééçô ô ççà éô. Fô à à éô ŝééŝ ô àé béé é àé  àçàéç ççŝ û é àé wéé çéû,ééàéôàbôôkŝôSéŝéàéwéàéàŝûŝàé à éé ééé àççé w à ûç à éqûà ŝûŝàé é- éçô ô qûéŝôŝ ô éô. ï ŝ ŝ çôbé éàŝŝ à àôwŝ Béé ô çôôàé ŝô ûç ô é ççà àô ô ŝ ôw àû- é wôû ŝ àààà çôàbé àôàçéŝ: é ŝ àçé ŝô, éàûà, à ŝéà ççà àûéŝ éé àŝ é àçkôw- ééŝ é àçéééŝ w ûà ééôŝ. é  éàkàbé éàûé ô ŝ çôéçô ŝ é bàçé ô é ççà éàŝ Béé ééôŝ. é àŝ béé àô é ôŝ éçéé à ôà çôéàôŝ ôThe Faerîe Queene, à éé ô àôŝ à ô Séŝé’ŝ ôé, ŝçé ŝ îŝ bôôk àéàé. Gééà àçkôwéé àŝ à ôçé à ôéûé ô, à ŝàô ô, à à éà àçà  é “Réàŝŝàçé” ô Séŝé ŝûéŝ û é 1960ŝ, Béé àŝ éé ŝôééààééàbôéôéàŝôŝéŝûàŝé ççŝ. é éŝŝàŝ  ŝ ôûé, wé à ûbŝé àéRevîsîonary Payàéàé, ééŝé à ôwéû éw û, à çàé ééô