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Transcending Allegory: William Golding’s “THE SPIRE” (part 1)

Allegory, the use of symbolic figures or actions to convey abstract, often moral, principles or ideas, can, in the hands of a skillful writer, add a layer of meaning to a narrative. But, how skilled...

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Transcending Allegory: William Golding’s THE SPIRE (part 2)

I began my previous post, “Transcending Allegory: William Golding’s The Spire (part 1)”, with a quick rundown of the pitfalls of allegory, how it can grab a narrative by its throat, twist it about, and...

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