Words with Power: Being a Second Study the Bible and Literature

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 describes how they recur in later secular writings. Indices.

Author: Northrop Frye
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 04/15/1992
Pages: 372
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780156983655

About the Author
Frye, Northrop: - Northrop Frye (1912-1991) was professor emeritus at Victoria College, University of Toronto, and the author of many books on literary theory and criticism.