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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Northrop Frye. any statements of that kind : what the poet and novel- ist say is more like " let's assume this situation . " So there can never be any religion of poetry or any set of beliefs founded on literature . When we stop believ ...
... Novels can only be good or bad in their own categories . There's no such thing as a morally bad novel : its moral effect de- pends entirely on the moral quality of its reader , and nobody can predict what that will be . And if ...
... novel of Henry James it's a long way in the background . We often feel that certain types of litera- ture , such as fairy tales , are somehow good for the imagination : the reason is that they restore the primi- tive perspective that ...