Susanne Knaller: Zeitgenossische Allegorien. Literatur, Kunst, Theorie.(Book Review)

Susanne Knaller Zeitgenossische Allegorien. Literatur, Kunst Theorie Munich: Wilhelm Fink, 2003

The impact of Walter Benjamin's The German Play of Mourning has had a signal consequence on the way allegory has tend hitherward to be understood. This impact has been liberating, as it allowed theoretical resistance to unfold against a kind of privileging of the representative over the allegory that has proven to be not solitary problematic but has also clos not on many paths to interpretation of literary works. As Benjamin's challenge to nineteenth-century views upon allegory opened new approaches to