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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... divine grace manifested in Beatrice . In Milton the emphasis on divine initiative is even stronger . In the third book of Paradise Lost we encounter the " paradise of fools " on the smooth surface of the primum mobile , or cir ...
... divine grace manifested in Beatrice . In Milton the emphasis on divine initiative is even stronger . In the third book of Paradise Lost we encounter the " paradise of fools " on the smooth surface of the primum mobile , or cir ...
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... divine and human origin with ( usually ) a divine father and a human mother . Nothing comparable to such a race of semi- divine heroes is recorded in Genesis , though in Paradise Lost , in the first two books , Milton is obviously ...
... divine and human origin with ( usually ) a divine father and a human mother . Nothing comparable to such a race of semi- divine heroes is recorded in Genesis , though in Paradise Lost , in the first two books , Milton is obviously ...
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... Divine Comedy , see Divine Com- edy ( Dante ) Darwinism , 242 David , King , 210 , 212 , 213 , 259 . 262 Davies , Sir John , 175 , 176 Death , 179 , 184 , 218 , 230 , 234 , 238 , 263 as symbol of sexual union , 208 Deborah , story of ...
... Divine Comedy , see Divine Com- edy ( Dante ) Darwinism , 242 David , King , 210 , 212 , 213 , 259 . 262 Davies , Sir John , 175 , 176 Death , 179 , 184 , 218 , 230 , 234 , 238 , 263 as symbol of sexual union , 208 Deborah , story of ...
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Sequence and Mode | 3 |
Concern and Myth | 30 |
Identity and Metaphor | 63 |
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