Fugitive truth and fragmentary consciousness
Mina Loy’s allegorical method in The Child and the Parent
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22434712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karla Kelsey (Susquehanna University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-16 |
| Publication date | 2026-07-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Modernist Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2469-2921 • E-ISSN: 2469-293X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/24692921.2026.2688053 |
| OpenAlex | W7168243416 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
This essay examines how Mina Loy’s The Child and the Parent employs allegorical structure as a philosophical method for critiquing gender and class formations within patriarchal culture. Reading Loy’s autobiographical prose alongside Walter Benjamin’s theory of allegory, I argue that her innovative application of allegory to embodied experience generates fugitive truth: momentary illuminations of reality otherwise obscured by dominant discourse. Rather than mining Loy’s work for biographical content, this analysis demonstrates how her allegorical method transforms personal memory into philosophical revelation, illuminating the mechanisms through which subjects are constructed within the intersecting spaces of body, environment, thought, and material objects.
Narrative · Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research · Jungian Analytical Psychology · Short Stories in Global Literature
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |