
Double Vision
The publication in 1982 of Northrop Frye''s The Great Code: The Bible and Literature was a literary event of major significance. Frye took what he called ''a fresh and firsthand look'' at the Bible and analysed it as a literary critic, exploring its relation to Western literature and its impact on the creative imagination. Through an examination of such key aspects of language as myth, metaphor, a...
The publication in 1982 of Northrop Frye''s The Great Code: The Bible and Literature was a literary event of major significance. Frye took what he called ''a fresh and firsthand look'' at the Bible and analysed it as a literary critic, exploring its relation to Western literature and its impact on the creative imagination. Through an examination of such key aspects of language as myth, metaphor, a...