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In Northrop Frye: A Visionary Life, Joseph Adamson examines the life and career of a remarkable scholar and teacher and his quest for meaning in mythic forms and biblical symbolism. Highlights of this illustrated biography include: Frye's boyhood in Eastern Canada; his dramatic encounter with the work of William Blake; the impact and importance of Anatomy of Criticism; Frye's gradual development of a theory of culture; and his culminating achievement, after 20 years, of a comprehensive study of the poetic structures of the Bible.
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Joseph Adamson teaches English and comparative literature at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
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The ability to distill Frye's thought into readable and informative sections is a testament to Adamson's skill as a biographer, but to do it in such a short space without disregarding Frye's personal life is remarkable. -- Quill & Quire
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- PublisherECW Press
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 1550221841
- ISBN 13 9781550221848
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages93
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