The Secular Scripture

A Study Of The Structure Of Romance

by Northrop Frye
language: english
Publisher: Harvard University Press, January of 1978 ‧
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Acclaimed literary critic Northrop Frye argues that romance constitutes a vital mythological universe, a “secular scripture” whose hero is man, paralleling the sacred scripture whose hero is God, and whose plot elements form “the structural core of all fiction.”

The Secular Scripture

A Study Of The Structure Of Romance

by Northrop Frye

Property Description
ISBN: 9780674796768
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date: January of 1978
Language: English
Dimensions: 138 x 206 x 17 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 200
Format: Book
Collection: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > History of Literature
EAN: 9780674796768

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Northrop Frye

Northrop Frye (1912-1991) foi um dos críticos literários mais influentes do século XX. Nasceu no Quebeque, mas foi em Toronto que se formou e terminou a carreira como professor emérito do Victoria College. Foi membro da Academia Britânica e da Academia Americana para as Artes e Letras. Harold Bloom apelidou-o, à época, «o maior estudioso da literatura ocidental»

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