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Anatomy of Criticism

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Striking out at the conception of criticism as restricted to mere opinion or ritual gesture, Northrop Frye wrote this magisterial work proceeding on the assumption that criticism is a structure of thought and knowledge in its own right. Employing examples of world literature from ancient times to the present, he provides a conceptual framework for the examination of literature. In four brilliant essays on historical, ethical, archetypical, and rhetorical criticism, he applies "scientific" method in an effort to change the character of criticism from the casual to the causal, from the random and intuitive to the systematic.Harold Bloom contributes a fascinating and highly personal preface that examines Frye's mode of criticism and thought as being indispensable in the modern literary world.

Language: English

Pages: 400

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Release: October 15, 2000

ISBN: 0691069999

ISBN 13: 9780691069999

Anatomy of Criticism

4/5 ( ratings)

Striking out at the conception of criticism as restricted to mere opinion or ritual gesture, Northrop Frye wrote this magisterial work proceeding on the assumption that criticism is a structure of thought and knowledge in its own right. Employing examples of world literature from ancient times to the present, he provides a conceptual framework for the examination of literature. In four brilliant essays on historical, ethical, archetypical, and rhetorical criticism, he applies "scientific" method in an effort to change the character of criticism from the casual to the causal, from the random and intuitive to the systematic.Harold Bloom contributes a fascinating and highly personal preface that examines Frye's mode of criticism and thought as being indispensable in the modern literary world.

Language: English

Pages: 400

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Release: October 15, 2000

ISBN: 0691069999

ISBN 13: 9780691069999

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