Modern Classics: Words with Power
Being a Second Study of the Bible and Literature
- Publisher
- Penguin Group Canada
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2007
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780143056621
- Publish Date
- Jul 2007
- List Price
- $19.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780143192510
- Publish Date
- Aug 2014
- List Price
- $20.00
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Description
With an introduction by Alvin A. Lee
“Northrop Frye was one of the most erudite and celebrated thinkers and writers of the twentieth century.” —Alvin A. Lee
The voice out of the whirlwind speaking to Job. Jacob's ladder. The Tower of Babel. The Garden of Eden. Cain and Abel. The Resurrection. The Harrowing of Hell.
Northrop Frye weaves these eternal themes and images through his second study of the Bible and literature. With the authority that comes from both great erudition and knowledge of life, and with his inimitable wit, Frye maps out the complex landscape of the imagination.
About the author
Northrop Frye (1912-1991) was one of Canada's most distinguished men of letters. His first book, Fearful Symmetry, published in 1947, transformed the study of the poet William Blake, and over the next forty years he transformed the study of literature itself. Among his most influential books are Anatomy of Criticism (1957), The Educated Imagination (1963), The Bush Garden (1971), and The Great Code (1982). Northrop Frye on Shakespeare (1986) won the Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction. A professor at the University of Toronto, Frye gained an international reputation for his wide-reaching critical vision. He lectured at universities around the world and received many awards and honours, including thirty-six honorary degrees.
Editorial Reviews
“This volume contains numerous shocks of illumination…. No one has set forth so clearly, so subtly, or with such cogent energy as Frye the literary aspect of our biblical heritage.” - New York Times Book Review
Other titles by
The Educated Imagination
The Return of Eden
Five Essays on Milton's Epics
The Valley of Vision
Blake as Prophet and Revolutionary
Design for Learning
Reports Submitted to the Joint Committee of the Toronto Board of Education and the University of Toronto
Three Lectures
University of Toronto Installation Lectures, 1958
Northrop Frye's Writings on Shakespeare and the Renaissance
The Bush Garden
Essays on the Canadian Imagination
Northrop Frye's Uncollected Prose
The Secular Scripture and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1976–1991
Modern Classics: The Great Code
The Bible and Literature