Words with Power: Being a Second Study of 'The Bible and Literature'

Northrop Frye

ISBN 10: 0156983656 / ISBN 13: 9780156983655

Published by Harvest Books April 1992, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Words with Power: Being a Second Study of 'The Bible and Literature'
• Publisher: Harvest Books April 1992
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156983656
• ISBN 13: 9780156983655
• Binding: Paper Back
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biblical Studies/General

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Synopsis

In Words With Power, literary critic and theorist Northrop Frye continues his exploration, begun in The Great Code, of the influence of Biblical themes and forms of expression on Western literature, with discussions of authors ranging from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Yeats and Eliot. Frye identifies four key elements found in the Bible—the mountain, the garden, the cave, and the furnace—and describes how they recur in later secular writings. 

About the Author

Northrop Frye (1912-1991) was professor emeritus at Victoria College, University of Toronto, and the author of many books on literary theory and criticism.