Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays - Couverture rigide

Frye, Northrop

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0802092721 ISBN 13 : 9780802092724

Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2007

Synopsis

This volume, the twenty-second in the acclaimed Collected Works of Northrop Frye series, presents Frye's most influential work, Anatomy of Criticism (1957). In four stylish and sweeping essays, Frye attempts to formulate an overall view of the scope, principles, and techniques of literary criticism and the conventions of literature - its modes, symbols, archetypes, and genres. He makes the case for criticism as a legitimate and structured science, a science that he would go on to wield with great influence over the course of his distinguished career.

Robert D. Denham's introduction to this edition examines the book's genesis, its initial reception, and its relation to Frye's other works, particularly Fearful Symmetry (Volume 14 in the series). He highlights the diagrammatic way of thinking that characterizes Frye's brand of structuralism and explores the meaning of the word 'anatomy.' Denham also provides context for the work, considering the critical tradition out of which it emerged, as well as how it relates to some of the movements that appeared after the waning of structuralism. A key volume in the Collected Works series, this annotated and expertly introduced edition of Anatomy of Criticism will be sure to satisfy Frye's many admirers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Northrop Frye (1912-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential English scholars and literary critics. Northrop Frye was a professor in the Department of English at Victoria University in the University of Toronto from 1939 until his death. His works include Words with Power and Anatomy of Criticism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Toronto Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802092721
• ISBN 13: 9780802092724
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 672
• Éditeur: Denham Robert
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