Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays

Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays
ISBN-10
0691202567
ISBN-13
9780691202563
Series
Anatomy of Criticism
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
404
Language
English
Published
2020-05-19
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Author
Northrop Frye

Description

A landmark work of literary criticism Northrop Frye's Anatomy of Criticism is the magnum opus of one of the most important and influential literary theorists of the twentieth century. Breaking with the practice of close reading of individual texts, Frye seeks to describe a common basis for understanding the full range of literary forms by examining archetypes, genres, poetic language, and the relations among the text, the reader, and society. Using a dazzling array of examples, he argues that understanding "the structure of literature as a total form" also allows us to see the profoundly liberating effect literature can have.

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