Northrop Frye Summary

Frye, Northrop FRYE, NORTHROP. The reputation of Northrop Frye (1912–1991) as a literary theorist was originally based upon his Anatomy of Criticism (1957), a book that sought to provide a stru... Read more

Northrop Frye (1912-1991) was a Canadian literary scholar. His literary theories, which outlined a science of literary criticism based on a core of identifiable mythic forms, had unusual importance in... Read more

Northrop Frye is one of the few twentieth-century critics in North America with an international reputation. Harold Bloom refers to Frye as "the foremost living student of Western literature," adding ... Read more

Critical Essay by John Garrett In recent years the poetry of William Blake has received a considerable amount of scholarly attention, but Professor Northrop Frye's book, Fearful Symmetry, will... Read more

Critical Essay by Harold Bloom Though ["The Secular Scripture"] reintroduces the Frye who matters most, the visionary of romance, it is a disappointment. He modestly terms it "a ... Read more

Critical Essay by Francis Sparshott In his native Canada, Northrop Frye holds a unique position as the sole humanistic academic guru. [The Great Code: The Bible and Literature] received unprecedented... Read more

Critical Essay by Geoffrey H. Hartman It may not please those who know the great differences in pedagogical method between the New Critics and Northrop Frye to have me begin by suggesting that Frye i... Read more