Allegory, Animality, and Anagogy: Beyond a Moral Interpretation of George Saunders’s “Escape from Spiderhead”
This essay draws on the philosophy of Emmanuel Falque to argue that George Saunders’s story, “Escape from Spiderhead,” should be read as allegory and anagogy, as well as on literal and moral levels. I argue, therefore, that Saunders’s story follows the book of Revelation in presenting a world tempor...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2023
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2023, Volume: 72, Issue: 3, Pages: 460-477 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HC New Testament NBE Anthropology VA Philosophy |
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Phenomenology
B Emmanuel Falque B George Saunders |
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