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Anatomy of criticism : four essays / Northrop Frye and David Damrosch

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2020.Edition: Princeton Classics editionDescription: 383 pagesISBN:
  • 9780691204253
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Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword by David Damrosch -- Prefatory Statements and Acknowledgments -- POLEMICAL INTRODUCTION -- FIRST ESSAY. Historical Criticism: Theory of Modes -- SECOND ESSAY. Ethical Criticism: Theory of Symbols -- THIRD ESSAY. Archetypal Criticism: Theory of Myths -- FOURTH ESSAY. Rhetorical Criticism: Theory of Genres -- TENTATIVE CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX.
Summary: A landmark work of literary criticismNorthrop 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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Includes index.

Cover --
Title Page --
Copyright Page --
Contents --
Foreword by David Damrosch --
Prefatory Statements and Acknowledgments --
POLEMICAL INTRODUCTION --
FIRST ESSAY. Historical Criticism: Theory of Modes --
SECOND ESSAY. Ethical Criticism: Theory of Symbols --
THIRD ESSAY. Archetypal Criticism: Theory of Myths --
FOURTH ESSAY. Rhetorical Criticism: Theory of Genres --
TENTATIVE CONCLUSION --
NOTES --
GLOSSARY --
INDEX.

A landmark work of literary criticismNorthrop 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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