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The great code : the Bible and literature / Northrop Frye. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Diego, California : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ©1983.Description: xxiii, 261 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0156364808
  • 0774701366
  • 9780156364805
  • 9780774701365
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN56.F794.G743 1983
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Contents:
Language -- Myth -- Metaphor -- Typology -- Imagery -- Narrative -- Rhetoric.
Summary: "A world-renowned critic and scholar examines the continuing cultural importance of the Bible as the single most important influence in the imaginative tradition of Western art and literature. Frye rejects both dogmatic and literal interpretations while celebrating the uniqueness of the Bible as distinct from all other epics and sacred texts. His highly original analysis shows the Bible as redeeming history with a visionary poetic perspective that complements science in the understanding of man's nature."-- Book cover. Back book flap
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor Non-fiction PN56.F794.G743 1983 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923002082606

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Language -- Myth -- Metaphor -- Typology -- Imagery -- Narrative -- Rhetoric.

"A world-renowned critic and scholar examines the continuing cultural importance of the Bible as the single most important influence in the imaginative tradition of Western art and literature. Frye rejects both dogmatic and literal interpretations while celebrating the uniqueness of the Bible as distinct from all other epics and sacred texts. His highly original analysis shows the Bible as redeeming history with a visionary poetic perspective that complements science in the understanding of man's nature."-- Book cover. Back book flap

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