Anatomy of criticism : four essays /

Frye, Northrop,

Anatomy of criticism : four essays / [print] Northrop Frye] ; edited by Robert D. Denham. - Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, (c)2006. - lxxii, 450 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Collected works of Northrop Frye ; v. 22 .



Polemical introduction -- First essay. Historical criticism : theory of modes -- Fictional modes : introduction -- Tragic fictional modes -- Comic fictional modes -- Thematic modes -- Second essay. Ethical criticism : theory of symbols -- Introduction -- Literal and descriptive phases : symbol as motif and sign -- Formal phase : symbol as image -- Mythical phase : symbol as archetype -- Anagogic phase : symbol as monad -- Third essay. Archetypal criticism : theory of myths -- Introduction -- Theory of archetypal meaning (1) : apocalyptic imagery -- Theory of archetypal meaning (2) : demonic imagery -- Theory of archetypal meaning (3) : analogical imagery -- Theory of mythos : introduction -- The mythos of spring : comedy -- The mythos of summer : romance -- The mythos of autumn : tragedy -- The mythos of winter : irony and satire -- Fourth essay. Rhetorical criticism : theory of genres -- Introduction -- The rhythm of recurrence : epos -- The rhythm of continuity : prose -- The rhythm of decorum : drama -- The rhythmn of association : lyric -- Specific forms of drama -- Specific thematic forms : lyric and epos -- Specific continuous forms : prose fiction -- Specific encyclopedic forms -- The rhetoric of nonliterary prose -- Tenative conclusion -- Glossary -- Appendix 1. Editions, translations, and audio forms of Anatomy of Criticism -- Appendix 2. Title pages of translations of Anatomy of criticism -- Emendations.



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