Allegory the theory of a symbolic mode - Fletcher, Angus 1930- (Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press, 2012)
The daemonic agent -- The cosmic image -- Symbolic action : progress and battle -- Allegorical causation : magic and ritual forms -- Thematic effects : ambivalence, the sublime, and the picturesque -- Psychoanalytic analogues : obsession and compulsion -- Value and intention : the limits of allegory.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-461) and index.
Keywords: Allegory; Symbolism in literature