I soon realized that a student of English literature who does not know the Bible does not understand a good deal of… — Northrop Frye Bible Copy Share Image
A writers desire to write can only have come from previous experience of literature, and he'll start by imitating whatever he's read,… — Northrop Frye Books Copy Share Image
Just as a new scientific discovery manifests something that was already latent in the order of nature, and at the same time… — Northrop Frye Discovery Copy Share Image
Those who are concerned with the arts are often asked questions, not always sympathetic ones, about the use or value of what… — Northrop Frye Answers Copy Share Image
In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art… — Northrop Frye Art Copy Share Image
“Wisdom is the central form which gives meaning and position to all the facts which are acquired by knowledge, the digestion and… — Northrop Frye Experience Copy Share Image
The kind of problem that literature raises is not the kind that you ever 'solve'. Whether my answers are any good or… — Northrop Frye Amount Copy Share Image
Work, as we usually think of it, is energy expended for a further end in view; play is energy expended for its… — Northrop Frye Chess Copy Share Image
Literature as a whole is not an aggregate of exhibits with red and blue ribbons attached to them, like a cat-show, but… — Northrop Frye Blue Copy Share Image
