Romancing the "Mysterious Bonds of Syntax": Allegory and the Ethics of Desire in Douglas Glover's "My Romance" and "Iglaf and Swan".

The article analyzes the stories "My Romance," and "Iglaf and Swan," written by Douglas Glover. In the two stories, Glover tried to tackle the epistemological problems that comes up when the objects that one desires most are displaced. Moreover, Glover's exploration of longing extends beyond the limitations of his narrative and into the realm of allegory as he demonstrates a concern with the proximity between the compulsion to satisfy sensual appetite and the inclination towards linguistic expression.