Date of Award
9-1975
Degree Type
Master's Essay - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
Abstract
Frye's significance rests on his contributions to literary theory rather than to practical criticism, though he does attempt to practice, or one might state perform his theory, in Fables of Identity, wherein he studies Milton, Blake, Joyce and others. He has enormously stimulated interest in myth criticism and as w. K. Wimsatt declares, "Frye has contributed much to the gaiety, the fun, and hence in a certain sense to the health of modern American criticism. He has enlivened our proceedings." Sheldon Grebstein believes that he has seduced many younger scholars because of the great freedom his theoretical approach allows in analyzing literature.
Recommended Citation
Mulvey, James, "Northrop Frye: Anatomy of Imagination: A Study of His Theory, His Critical Stance, and His Definition of Comic Archetypes" (1975). Master's Essays (1922 - ). 2442.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/essays/2442
Comments
An Essay Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.