The Secular Scripture and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1976-1991

By:

Northrop Frye

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Hardback

Series:

Collected works of Northrop Frye

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Northrop Frye's The Secular Scripture was first published in 1976 and was soon recognized as one of his most influential works, reflecting an extensive development of Frye's thoughts about romance as a literary form. This new edition in the Collected Works of Northrop Frye series brings The Secular Scripture together with thirty shorter pieces pertaining to literary theory and criticism from the last fifteen years of Frye's life. Frye's study illuminates the enduring attraction and deep human significance of the romance genre in all its forms. He provides a unique perspective on popular fiction and culture and shows how romance forms have, by their very structural and conventional features, an ability to address both specific social concerns and deep and fundamental human concerns that span time and place. In distinguishing popular from elite culture, Frye insists that they are both ultimately two aspects of the same "human compulsion to create in the face of chaos." The additional late writings reflect Frye's sense at the time that he was working "toward some kind of final statement," which eventually saw the light of day, only months before his death, as Words with Power (1990).

Author Biography:

Joseph Adamson is a professor in the Department of English and the Comparative Literature Program at McMaster University. Jean Wilson is an associate professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics and the Comparative Literature Program at McMaster University.

Release date NZ

July 1st, 2006

Author

Northrop Frye

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributors

Edited by Jean Wilson
Edited by Joseph Adamson

Pages

625

Series

Collected works of Northrop Frye

Dimensions

157x231x51

ISBN-13

9780802039453

Product ID

6925392

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