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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... existence of the others and for their co - existence within the same work . My sequence is not historical - in fact it is practically the reverse of the historical . The mode that it is easiest to begin with was the last historically to ...
... existence of the others and for their co - existence within the same work . My sequence is not historical - in fact it is practically the reverse of the historical . The mode that it is easiest to begin with was the last historically to ...
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... existence of these gods ceases to become important even when it is assumed . After the temples of Jupiter and Venus were demolished and prayers and rituals no longer associated with them , they continued to live with undiminished energy ...
... existence of these gods ceases to become important even when it is assumed . After the temples of Jupiter and Venus were demolished and prayers and rituals no longer associated with them , they continued to live with undiminished energy ...
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... existence of God and be- hieving our proofs , we are faced with the challenge of mani- festing that existence . There are many approaches to faith , and one would Spirit and Symbol 131.
... existence of God and be- hieving our proofs , we are faced with the challenge of mani- festing that existence . There are many approaches to faith , and one would Spirit and Symbol 131.
Contents
Sequence and Mode | 3 |
Concern and Myth | 30 |
Identity and Metaphor | 63 |
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