We don't understand allegory: 31 August 2023
Oh, I remember this Pilgrim's Progress, and we do it, rarely ... it's fallen out of favor. Every character must be like us, meat and bone, harm and history. And we don't know symbol ...
I was going to write for much longer on this topic. But now I won’t. Because I have just one thing to say:
Americans don’t get allegory anymore, and their understanding of their place in the world is worse for it.
Listen to people talk about art and science and li…
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