| Northrop Frye on Myth Contributor(s): Russell, Ford (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415929059 ISBN-13: 9780415929059 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: Northrop Frye differed from other theorists of myth in tracing all of the major literary genres--romance, comedy, satire, not just tragedy--to myth and ritual. This volume is the most thorough presentation of his thinking on the subject. Ford Russell surveys Frye's corpus and focuses on the "Anatomy of Criticism," examining how the arguments of thinkers from Aristotle to Freud influenced Frye's own thinking about myth. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 801.950 |
| Series: Theorists of Myth |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.70 lbs) 246 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Nortrop Frye differed from other theorists of myth in tracing all of the major literary genres--romance, comedy, satire, not just tragedy--to myth and ritual. This volume is the most thorough presentation of his thinking on the subject. |