The Educated ImaginationIndiana University Press, 22 gen 1964 - 160 pagine Addressed to educators and general readers—the "consumers of literature" from all walks of life—this important new book explores the value and uses of literature in our time. Dr. Frye offers, in addition, challenging and stimulating ideas for the teaching of literature at lower school levels, designed both to promote an early interest and to lead the student to the knowledge and kaleidoscopic experience found in the study of literature. |
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... Homer wrote about him . The other reason is that practically everything Homer said about him was preposterous . Nobody was ever made invulnerable by being dipped in a river ; nobody ever fought with a river god ; nobody had a sea ...
... Homer and Shake- speare , we feel only that they were great poets . We know nothing about Homer : some people think there were two Homers or a committee of Homers . We think of a blind old man , but we get that notion from one of Homer's ...
Northrop Frye. declaimed . The surge and sweep of Homer and the sinewy springing rhythm of Shakespeare have much the same origin : they were written that way partly be- cause they had to be bellowed at a restless audience . Modern poets ...
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THE SINGING SCHOOL | 35 |
GIANTS IN TIME | 59 |
THE KEYS TO DREAMLAND | 83 |
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