Romancing fascism : modernity and allegory in Benjamin, De Man, Shelley

Publication Data

• Title Romancing fascism : modernity and allegory in Benjamin, De Man, Shelley
• Author Kathleen Kerr-Koch
• Publisher Bloomsbury
• Publication date 2013
• Publication location New York, NY
• Language English

Contents

Introduction : modernity and the allegoric
Critical limits and allegorical contagion
Vitalism to the traumatised angel of history : Walter Benjamin
Inwardness to allegories of reference : Paul de Man
How to do things with allegory : Percy Bysshe Shelley
Conclusions : criticism as enlightened deconstruction.

Topics

• Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 :: Criticism and interpretation
• De Man, Paul :: Criticism and interpretation
• Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 :: Criticism and interpretation
• Allegory
• Modernism (Aesthetics)
• Romanticism
• 016275514

Romancing fascism : modernity and allegory in Benjamin, De Man, Shelley by Kathleen Kerr-Koch. ISBN 9781441104939. Published by Bloomsbury in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.