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38 Political Allegories

Northrop Frye discussed what he termed a "continuum of allegory", a spectrum that ranges from what he termed the "naive allegory" of The Faerie Queene, to the more private allegories of modern paradox literature. In this perspective, the characters in a "naive" allegory (particularly a political one) are not fully three-dimensional, for each aspect of their individual personalities and the events that befall them embodies some moral quality or ideological aspect; the allegory has been selected first, and the details merely flesh it out
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
George Orwell
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
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Anthem (Ayn Rand)
Anthem
Ayn Rand
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Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
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The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
Angela Carter
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
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The Butter Battle Book
The Butter Battle Book
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
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The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
Arthur Miller
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The Dispossessed (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
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The Faerie Queene (Edmund Spenser)
The Faerie Queene
Edmund Spenser
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Flatland (Edwin A. Abbott)
Flatland
Edwin A. Abbott
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Folding Beijing (Hao Jin)
Folding Beijing
Hao Jin
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Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
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Harrison Bergeron
Harrison Bergeron
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Horton Hears a Who! (Dr. Seuss)
Horton Hears a Who!
Dr. Seuss
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In the Penal Colony (Franz Kafka)
In the Penal Colony
Franz Kafka
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
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The Last Man (Mary Shelley)
The Last Man
Mary Shelley
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The Lorax (Dr. Seuss)
The Lorax
Dr. Seuss
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
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The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson
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A Madman's Diary
A Madman's Diary
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Make Room! Make Room!
Make Room! Make Room!
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The Melancholy of Resistance
The Melancholy of Resistance
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Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
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No One Is Here Except All of Us
No One Is Here Except All of Us
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One Good Story, That One (Thomas King)
One Good Story, That One
Thomas King
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The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
Ursula K. Le Guin
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The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
Albert Camus
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The Time Machine (H.G. Wells)
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells
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We (Yevgeny Zamyatin)
We
Yevgeny Zamyatin
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A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'engle
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The Wump World (Bill Peet)
The Wump World
Bill Peet
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The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Yertle the Turtle (Dr. Seuss)
Yertle the Turtle
Dr. Seuss
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