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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... phrase “ as far as possible ” indicates the limitations of the procedure . Each religion uses dialectic , or the appearance of it , to demonstrate that it is the right one - the key to the lock , in Chesterton's phrase . Dia- lectic is ...
... phrase “ as far as possible ” indicates the limitations of the procedure . Each religion uses dialectic , or the appearance of it , to demonstrate that it is the right one - the key to the lock , in Chesterton's phrase . Dia- lectic is ...
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... phrases as " the angel of God " in Exodus 14:19 and elsewhere , which for all practical purposes seem to mean sim- ply " God ... phrase " He that hath ears to hear , let him hear " is not an elitism restricting the message only to those ...
... phrases as " the angel of God " in Exodus 14:19 and elsewhere , which for all practical purposes seem to mean sim- ply " God ... phrase " He that hath ears to hear , let him hear " is not an elitism restricting the message only to those ...
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... phrase , ear- lier referred to , that suddenly seems to extend one's vision . Others may find it in the sententious , the great thought or epigram that may become detached from its context and be- come a proverbial expression in its own ...
... phrase , ear- lier referred to , that suddenly seems to extend one's vision . Others may find it in the sententious , the great thought or epigram that may become detached from its context and be- come a proverbial expression in its own ...
Contents
Sequence and Mode | 3 |
Concern and Myth | 30 |
Identity and Metaphor | 63 |
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