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Nortrop Frye differed from other theorists of myth in tracing all of the major literary genres--romance, comedy, satire, not just tragedy--to myth and ritual. This volume is the most thorough presentation of his thinking on the subject.
Preface, Abbreviations, 1. Life and Works, 2. Frye and His Myth Theorists, 3. Spengler, 4. The Myths of Frazer and Spengler, 5. Christianity and Classical Culture, 6. The Rhythm of Romance, 7. Myth and Culture, 8. Cassirer and the Anatomy, 9. Displacement and Condensation, 10. The Forces of Convention, 11. The Myth of the Ideal Reader, 12. Jung and Frye, 13. Circle of Story Types, 14. Ricoeur and Frye on Myth, 15. Biblical Hermeneutics and Frye, Notes, Bibliography, 12. List of Frye’s References to Modem Myth Theorists, Index
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Ford Russell
