“The allegory transforms what would be a tired, preachy historical retread into a readable narrative.”

“The elephant, unwieldy and awkward yet graceful and powerful, becomes an allegory for the form itself.”

“As I understand it, this isn't allegory, but literal truth, a prophecy that will someday be realised.”

“Likewise, the reader draws ethical consequences from the process of allegorization and emotive investment.”

“Origen and Augustine belonged to the Alexandrian school, which was prone to allegorization, largely because of their neo-Platonic philosophy.”

“That is what raises the question of how to conceive lyric thematics and allegorization.”

“His narratives usually lend themselves to rich allegorical readings, and Tsui can be a very skilful allegorist when he wants to be.”

“The allegorist assumes that, when virtue imitates vice at the moment of attack, it can, by that very isomorphic imitation, destroy its opposite.”

“To the allegorist, the fable or plot in epic or dramatic poetry was only a rind to cover attractively the kernel of truth.”

“The allegorizer requires an allegorist to interpret him aright.”

“I could paint allegories, elegies and epic statements because the imagery was so strong and the colours of life were so rich.”

“The hillwalking which claimed Robin Cook's life yesterday was a pastime with many allegories to his political career.”

“His films are more caliginous dream states than easily explained allegories.”