Myth and Metaphor: Selected Essays 1974-1988 Northrop Frye

by Northrop Frye

Book Overview

The essays in the first section of Myth and Metaphor center on those basic building blocks of literature out of which Frye believes literature is made. The second section examines generally the relationship between literature and mythology on one hand, and social concern and ideology on the other. Because one of the primary ends of education in Frye's view is to make people aware of their mythological conditioning, this section also includes two essays...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081391261X
• ISBN13: 9780813912615
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher