Northrop Frye on Modern Culture

Estate of Northrop Frye

Published by University of Toronto Press 2003

Northrop Frye on Modern Culture

Estate of Northrop Frye
Edited by: Jan Gorak

Volume 11 in the series Collected Works of Northrop Frye

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442677838

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About this book

Erudite and enlightening, Frye's comments on politics are as relevant today as they were when he wrote them, and this volume will be a valuable reference for understanding the essential Frye.

Author / Editor information

Estate of Northrop Frye :

Northrop Frye (1912-1991) was one of the twentieth century's most influential English scholars and literary critics. Northrop Frye was a professor in the Department of English at Victoria University in the University of Toronto from 1939 until his death. His works include Words with Power and Anatomy of Criticism.

Gorak Jan :

Jan Gorak is a professor of English at the University of Denver.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
1. The Modern Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Current Opera: A Housecleaning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
3. Ballet Russe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
4. The Jooss Ballet April 1936 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
5. Frederick Delius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
6. Three-Cornered Revival at Headington Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
7. Music and the Savage Breast Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
8. Men As Trees Walking Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
9. K.R. Srinavasa lyengar’s Lytton Strachey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
10. The Great Charlie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
11. Reflections at a Movie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
12. Music in the Movies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
13. Max Graf’s Modern Music Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
14. Abner Dean’s It’s a Long Way to Heaven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
15. Russian Art Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
16. Herbert Read’s The Innocent Eye Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
17. The Eternal Tramp Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
18. On Book Reviewing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
19. Academy without Walls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
20. Communications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
21. The Renaissance of Books Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
22. Violence and Television Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	156
23. Introduction to Art and Reality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
24. Pro Patria Mori Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
25. Wyndham Lewis: Anti-Spenglerian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
26. War on the Cultural Front Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
27. Two Italian Sketches, 1939 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
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29. Revenge or Justice? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
30. F.S.C. Northrop’s The Meeting of East and West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
31. Wallace Notestein’s The Scot in History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
32. Toynbee and Spengler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
33. Gandhi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
34. Ernst Jünger’s On the Marble Cliffs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
35. Dr. Kinsey and the Dream Censor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
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37. The Two Camps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
38. Law and Disorder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
39. Two Books on Christianity and History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
40. Nothing to Fear but Fear Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
41. The Ideal of Democracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
42. The Church and Modern Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
43. And There Is No Peace Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	244
44. Caution or Dither? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	246
45. Trends in Modern Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
46. Regina versus the World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	262
47. Oswald Spengler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
48. Preserving Human Values Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	274
49. The War in Vietnam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	282
50. The Two Contexts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
51. The Quality of Life in the ’70s Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
52. Spengler Revisited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
53. The Bridge of Language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
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Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 448

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Published: April 15, 2003
ISBN: 9781442677838