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Book SynopsisStructures of Appearing: Allegory and the Work of Literature is an interdisciplinary study that revises the history of allegory through a phenomenological approach. The book also takes on the history of aesthetics as an ideology that has long subjugated literature (and art generally) to criteria of judgment that are philosophical rather than literary.
Trade Review"Machosky advances a clear and far-reaching thesis about art and allegory, in the lineage of De Man and Teskey, in her own voice and with her own historical mapping of relevant texts. The result is a strong contribution to comparative and historical studies that renews the concept of the literary at a time when so many scholars and teachers of literature/culture are fleeing from the literary and favoring the ethical or the affective or the posthuman turn." -- -Philip E. Lewis Cornell University "Structures of Appearing may just be the most considerable book on literary allegory of the past decade and more, and should be very influential. Besides being one of those rare works that can rework a field, it is well-written, well-organized and, even for so hard-minded an argument, a real pleasure to read." -- -Timothy J. Reiss New York University
