Educating the imagination : Northrop Frye : past, present, and future / edited by Alan Bewell, Neil ten Kortenaar, and Germaine Warkentin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bewell, Alan, 1951- editor.

Kortenaar, Neil ten, editor.

Warkentin, Germaine, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frye, Northrop.

Frye, Northrop--Criticism and interpretation.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

vi, 278 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Northrop Frye's long career made him Canada's most creative public intellectual. A century after his birth, his many books demonstrate a powerful vision of the resources of the human imagination. Frye's critical theory sought the continuities linking human creation in all spheres of life, trusting in the idea of a single human community sharing myths, stories, and images that express shared visions and desires. The essays in Educating the Imagination illustrate the extraordinary range of Frye's ideas. Robert Bringhurst examines how Frye mapped the mind, Ian Balfour considers what "belief" meant for Frye, and Gordon Teskey re-examines two of the critic's great subjects - Blake and Milton. Michael Dolzani and Thomas Willard discuss Frye's symbolism, and Robert Tally looks at his utopianism. A strong thread running through all the essays is Frye's interest in the Romantic era, as Mark Ittenson shows. Three essays pair Frye with other titans of the time: Fredric Jameson, Paul de Man, and Jacques Derrida. Troni Y. Grande examines a gender issue in Frye's theory of tragedy, and J. Edward Chamberlin concludes by relating Frye's writings to songs, ceremonies of belief, and the common ground that they represent across cultures. Engaging with significant matters of contemporary concern, Educating the Imagination provides a renewed understanding of Northrop Frye and the fertility of his ideas about the imagination and society. Book jacket.

Contents:

Reading between the Books: Northrop Frye and the Cartography of Literature / Robert Bringhurst Bringhurst, Robert 16

Northrop Frye beyond Belief / Ian Balfour Balfour, Ian 36

Prophecy Meets History: Frye's Blake and Frye's Milton / Gordon Teskey Teskey, Gordon 48

From the Defeated: Northrop Frye and the Literary Symbol / Michael Dolzani Dolzani, Michael 65

Power to the Educated Imagination! Northrop Frye and the Utopian Impulse / Robert T. Tally Jr Jr, Robert T. Tally 83

Verum Factum: Frye, Jameson, Nancy, and the Myth of Myth / Garry Sherbert Sherbert, Garry 96

Frye, Derrida, and the University (to Come) / Alexander Dick Dick, Alexander 114

Frye's Principles of Literary Symbolism: From the Classroom to the Critical Classics / Thomas Willard Willard, Thomas 132

Romanticism and the Beyond of Language: Northrop Frye and the Wordsworthian Imitation of the Point of Epiphany / Mark Ittensohn Ittensohn, Mark 147

Correspondences: Frye, De Man, Romanticism / Adam Carter Carter, Adam 164

"Our Lady of Pain": Prolegomena to the Study of She-Tragedy / Troni Y. Grande Grande, Troni Y. 185

Chanting Down Babylon: Innocence and Experience in the Contemporary Humanities / J. Edward Chamberlin Chamberlin, J. Edward 206.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-265) and index.

Other Format:

Educating the imagination.

ISBN:

9780773545724

0773545727

9780773545731

0773545735

OCLC:

908628856