The Stubborn Structure: Essays on Criticism and Society
, by Frye,NorthropNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780415696227 | 0415696224
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/6/2011
First published in 1970, this collection is made up of a selection of essays composed between 1962 and 1968, written by distinguished humanist and literary critic Northrop Frye. The book is divided into two parts: one deals largely with the contexts of literary criticism; the other offers more specific studies of literary works in roughly historical sequence. One of the essays is Frye'¬"s own elucidation of the development of his critical premises out of his early concern with the poetry of William Blake. Taken together, the essays offer a continuous and coherent argument, making a whole that is entirely equal to the sum of its parts.