Northrop Frye

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Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and symbolism (1912-1991)

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In the late 1950s, the Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye attempted to establish an approach for reconciling historical criticism and New Criticism while addressing concerns of early reader-response and numerous psychological and social approaches. Source: Internet

Northrop Frye, Anatomy of Criticism (Princeton 1973) p. 214 Form Waugh writes, 'The development of psychoanalytic approaches to literature proceeds from the shift of emphasis from "content" to the fabric of artistic and literary works'. Source: Internet

Northrop Frye considered that 'the literary critic finds Freud most suggestive for the theory of comedy, and Jung for the theory of romance'. Source: Internet

There is considerable similarity between structural literary theory and Northrop Frye 's archetypal criticism, which is also indebted to the anthropological study of myths. Source: Internet

The site of the library and the adjacent Northrop Frye Building was originally on the route of Queen's Park Crescent. Source: Internet

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