The Educated ImaginationHouse of Anansi, 1 mar 1997 - 112 pagine "What good is the study of literature? Does it help us think more clearly, or feel more sensitively, or live a better life than we could without it?" Written in the relaxed and frequently humorous style of his public lectures, this remains, of Northrop Frye's many books, perhaps the easiest introduction to his theories of literature and literary education. |
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The Motive for Metaphor | 1 |
n The Singing School | 17 |
in Giants in Time | 33 |
The Keys to Dreamland | 49 |
Verticals of Adam | 65 |
The Vocation of Eloquence | 81 |
Acknowledgements | 99 |
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