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Literary critic

Northrop Frye was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, renowned for his extensive work on the Bible, mythology, and the literary imagination. His theories have had a significant impact on the field of literary criticism and have influenced many scholars and critics.

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“Literature speaks the language of the imagination, and the study of literature is supposed to train and improve the imagination.”

Literature Speak Language Imagination Study Train

Book:Educated Imagination and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1933-1962

Source: Educated Imagination and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1933-1962

“The first thing that confronts us in studying verbal structures is that they are arranged sequentially, and have to be read or listened to in time.”

Firsts Study Structure

Book:The Great Code: The Bible and Literature

Source: The Great Code: The Bible and Literature

“A snowflake is probably quite unconscious of forming a crystal, but what it does may be worth study even if we are willing to leave its inner mental processes alone.”

Ifs May Doe Process Study Willing Criticism Unconscious Crystals Snowflake

Book:Anatomy of Criticism

Source: Anatomy of Criticism

“I don't see how the study of language and literature can be separated from the question of free speech, which we all know is fundamental to our society.”

Knows Literature Language Study Speech Fundamentals Our Society Free Speech

Author:Northrop Frye

“Physics is an organized body of knowledge about nature, and a student of it says that he is learning physics, not nature. Art, like nature, has to be distinguished from the systematic study of it, which is criticism.”

Art Body Study Students Criticism Physics Organized Distinguished Systematic

Book:Anatomy of Criticism

Source: Anatomy of Criticism

“Literature is not a subject of study, but an object of study.”

Literature Study Subjects Objects

Book:Anatomy of Criticism

Source: Anatomy of Criticism

About the Author

Born: July 14, 1912
Died: January 23, 1991
Known for: Literary critic
Quotes: 123

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Anatomy of CriticismRelated source material

Educated Imagination and Other Writings on Critical Theory, 1933-1962Related source material

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Biblical and Classical Myths: The Mythological Framework of Western CultureRelated source material

Collected Works of Northrop Frye: The educated imagination and other writings on critical theory 1933-1963Related source material

Northrop Frye's Late Notebooks, 1982-1990: Architecture of the Spiritual WorldRelated source material

Northrop Frye on Milton and BlakeRelated source material

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