Interviews With Northrop Frye
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2008
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780802097422
- Publish Date
- Apr 2008
- List Price
- $260.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442692282
- Publish Date
- Apr 2008
- List Price
- $213.00
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Description
It is often forgotten that Northrop Frye, a scholar known chiefly for his books and articles, was also a gifted speaker who was never reluctant to be interviewed. This collection of 111 interviews and discussions with the critic assembles all of those published or broadcast on radio or television. Also included among the interviews are a number of conversations not generally known, many of them transcribed from tapes gathered from personal collections.
Interviews with Northrop Frye aims to provide another view of the famous literary critic, one that supplements that which is often obtained from reading his printed works. Ranging from the earliest interviews in 1948 to discussions that took place mere months before his death in 1991, this volume is a complete portrait of Frye the conversationalist, demonstrating that he was capable of expressing his thought just as lucidly in person as he could on paper. Among the topics included are Frye’s views on teaching, writing, and Canadian literature, his opinions on the state of criticism, and a fascinating exchange concerning contemporary religion.
For anyone interested in the life and career of Northrop Frye, these interviews are an ideal way to gain greater insight into the man and his work.
About the author
Jean O'Grady served as the associate editor of The Collected Works of Northrop Frye. She also worked for nine years as a post-doctoral fellow on The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, and is the author of the biography of Margaret Addison, the first dean of women at Victoria College.
Other titles by
The Northrop Frye Quote Book
Index to the Collected Works of Northrop Frye - Vol. 30
The Critical Path and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1963-1975
Northrop Frye on Canada
Northrop Frye
Eastern and Western Perspectives
Margaret Addison
A Biography
Northrop Frye on Religion
Northrop Frye on Religion
Northrop Frye's Writings on Education
