Biblical and Classical Myths: The Mythological Framework of Western Culture
- ISBN-10
- 0802086950
- ISBN-13
- 9780802086952
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 471
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-01-01
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Authors
- Northrop Frye, Jay Macpherson
Description
Combines a 1981-82 series of twenty-four lectures by Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye and Canadian poet and classicist Jay Macpherson's "Four Ages: the Classical Myths" published in 1962.
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