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Words With Power: Being a Second Study of the Bible and Literature
Words With Power Being a Second Study of the Bible and Literature
Author: Northrop Frye
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 desc...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780156983655
ISBN-10: 0156983656
Publication Date: 4/15/1992
Pages: 372
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Publisher: Harvest/HBJ Book
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Frye is one of the most verbose and densely-layered critics you'll ever read -- but if you're willing to do the work of unpacking his ideas, you will find a lot of interesting nuggets in "Words With Power".


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