The Secular Scripture by Northrop Frye
Frye finds in romantic narratives of Western tradition an imaginative universe stretching from an idyllic world to a demonic one, and a pattern of cyclical descent into and ascent out of the demonic realm. Romance thus forms an integrated vision of the world, a secular scripture whose hero is man, paralleling sacred scripture whose hero is God.
Northrop Frye’s criticism is so richly textured, so dense with insight, and so wide-ranging in its references… The Secular Scripture is in fact the most sophisticated study of popular culture, considered on a world scale, that we have yet had* The New Republic *
His breadth of learning and his consistently penetrating insights lend engrossing substance to his thesis…provide the literary vehicle that enables what he calls ‘the secular scripture’ to encompass the spectrum of man’s experience from idyllic to demonic. Frye literally weaves an enchanting prose tapestry out of this concept. * Publishers Weekly *
His breadth of learning and his consistently penetrating insights lend engrossing substance to his thesis…provide the literary vehicle that enables what he calls ‘the secular scripture’ to encompass the spectrum of man’s experience from idyllic to demonic. Frye literally weaves an enchanting prose tapestry out of this concept. * Publishers Weekly *
Northrop Frye (1912–1991) was a Canadian literary theorist and the author of more than twenty books, including Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake and Anatomy of Criticism. A member of the British Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Frye received thirty-six honorary doctorates during his lifetime. He was University Professor at the University of Toronto.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674796768 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674796764 |
| Title | The Secular Scripture |
| Author | Northrop Frye |
| Series | The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1978-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
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