Words with Power: Being a Second Study of "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. |
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Page 114
... become detached from its context and be- come a proverbial expression in its own right . Still others will seize on ... become more frequent , the contact expands from the oracular flash into the possession of or identification with the ...
... become detached from its context and be- come a proverbial expression in its own right . Still others will seize on ... become more frequent , the contact expands from the oracular flash into the possession of or identification with the ...
Page 134
... become essentially monotheistic , although its monotheism ( GC 114 ) was wholly different from the revolutionary monotheism of the Bible . The Messianic figures of Virgil and Ovid were Caesar and Augustus . But still such poets had ...
... become essentially monotheistic , although its monotheism ( GC 114 ) was wholly different from the revolutionary monotheism of the Bible . The Messianic figures of Virgil and Ovid were Caesar and Augustus . But still such poets had ...
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... become mortals , mortals become immortals : they live in each other's death and die in each other's life . " This aphorism is quoted , as something very like a prophecy , by two early Christian writers . III We said earlier that the P ...
... become mortals , mortals become immortals : they live in each other's death and die in each other's life . " This aphorism is quoted , as something very like a prophecy , by two early Christian writers . III We said earlier that the P ...
Contents
Sequence and Mode | 3 |
Concern and Myth | 30 |
Identity and Metaphor | 63 |
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