Description: Product Description : The Secular Scripture: A Study of the Structure of Romance (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) Northrop Fryes thinking has had a pervasive impact on contemporary interpretations of our literary and cultural heritage In his Anatomy of Criticism a landmark in the history of modern critical theory he demonstrated his genius for mapping out the realm of imaginative creation In The Secular Scripture he turns again to the task of establishing a broad theoretical framework bringing to bear his extraordinary command of the whole range of literature from antiquity to the presentRomance a mode of literature trafficking in such plot elements as mistaken identity shipwrecks magic potions the rescue of maidens in distress has tended to be regarded as hardly deserving of serious consideration critics praise other aspects of the Odyssey The Faerie Queene Shakespeares last plays and Scotts Waverley novels for example while forgiving the authors indulgence in childishly romantic plots Frye however discerns in the innumerable romantic narratives of the Western tradition an imaginative universe stretching from an idyllic world to a demonic one and a pattern of action taking the form of a cyclical descent into and ascent out of the demonic realm Romance as a whole is thus seen as forming an integrated vision of the world a secular scripture whose hero is man paralleling the sacred scripture whose hero is GodThe clarity of Northrop Fryes perception the scope and suggestiveness of his conceptualizing the wit and grace of his style have won him universal admiration( it is an used product )
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ISBN-10: 674796764
ISBN-13: 9780674796768
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Edition: Revised
No. of Pages: 200
Book Title: The Secular Scripture: A Study of the Structure of Romance (The C
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Secular Scripture : a Study of the Structure of Romance
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Subject: European / General, General, Semiotics & Theory
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 1978
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 8.5 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Northrop Frye
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Bibles
Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
Item Width: 7.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
