Interviews with Northrop Frye . Volume 24 / / edited by Jean O'Grady

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456819703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008; ©2008
• ISBN: 1-4426-8837-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1267 p.)
• Collana: Collected Works of Northrop Frye ; ; Volume 24
• Disciplina: 801.95092
• Soggetti: Critics - Canada; Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Credits -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. What Has Become of Conversation? -- 2. On Human Values -- 3. University -- 4. Literary Trends of the Twentieth Century -- 5. The Voice and the Crowd -- 6. Breakthrough -- 7. Style and Image in the Twentieth Century -- 8. Dix Ans avant la Néo-critique -- 9. B.K. Sandwell -- 10. Engagement and Detachment -- 11. L'Anti-McLuhan -- 12. Student Protest Movement -- 13. CRTC Guru -- 14. The Only Genuine Revolution -- 15. The Limits of Dialogue -- 16. "There Is Really No Such Thing As Methodology" -- 17. Into the Wilderness -- 18. The Magic of Words -- 19. Two Heretics: Milton and Melville -- 20. Notes on a Maple Leaf -- 21. The Canadian Imagination -- 22. Poets of Canada: 1920 to the Present -- 23. On Evil -- 24. Blake's Cosmos -- 25. Science Policy and the Quality of Life -- 26. Modern Education -- 27. Symmetry in the Arts: Blake -- 28. Harold Innis: Portrait of a Scholar -- 29. Easter -- 30. Impressions -- 31. CRTC Hearings -- 32. Canadian Voices -- 33. Sacred and Secular Scriptures -- 34. Education, Religion, Old Age -- 35. The Future Tense -- 36. "A Literate Person Is First and Foremost an Articulate Person" -- 37. The Education of Mike McManus -- 38. An Eminent Victorian -- 39. Between Paradise and Apocalypse -- 40. Frye's Literary Theory in the Classroom: A Panel Discussion -- 41. Getting the Order Right -- 42. ; Tradition and Change in the College -- 43. The New American Dreams over the Great Lakes -- 44. Four Questions for Northrop Frye -- 45. "I Tried to Shatter the Shell of Historicism" -- 46. The Wisdom of the Reader -- 47. Identity and Myth -- 48. Literature in Education -- 49. Northrop Frye: Signifying Everything -- 50. The Critical Path -- 51. Regionalism in Canada -- 52. Canadian Energy: Dialogues on Creativity -- 53. From Nationalism to Regionalism: The Maturing of Canadian Culture -- 54. Commemorating the Massey Lectures -- 55. Marshall McLuhan -- 56. Storytelling -- 57. A Fearful Symmetry -- 58. Medium and Message -- 59. Scientist and Artist -- 60. The Art of Bunraku -- 61. On The Great Code (I) -- 62. Chatelaine's Celebrity I.D. -- 63. On The Great Code (II) -- 64. Towards an Oral History of the University of Toronto -- 65. Back to the Garden -- 66. On The Great Code (III) -- 67. Maintaining Freedom in Paradise -- 68. On The Great Code (IV) -- 69. Making the Revolutionary Act New -- 70. Visualization in Reading -- 71. Hard Times in the Ivory Tower -- 72. Frye at the Forum -- 73. The Scholar in Society -- 74. Inventing a Music: MacMillan and Walter in the Past and Present -- 75. Criticism after Anatomy -- 76. Richard Cartwright and the Roots of Canadian Conservatism -- 77. Les Lecteurs doivent manger le livre -- 78. The Darkening Mirror: Reflections on the Bomb and Language -- 79. Music in My Life -- 80. Books as Counter-Culture -- 81. The Primary Necessities of Existence -- 82. Criticism in Society -- 83. On the Media -- 84. The Great Test of Maturity -- 85. Archetype and History -- 86. Moncton, Mentors, and Memories -- 87. William Blake: Prophet of the New Age -- 88. Morningside Interview on Shakespeare -- 89. Love of Learning -- 90. Frye, Literary Critic -- 91. On The Great Code (V) -- 92. On The Great Code (VI) -- 93. On Education -- 94. Schools of Criticism (I) -- 95. William Morris -- 96. What Is the Purpose of Art? -- 97. Canadian Writers in Italy -- 98. The Great Teacher -- 99. Canadian and American Values -- 100. Nature and Civilization -- 101. Second Marriage -- 102. Northrop Frye in Conversation -- 103. "Condominium Mentality" in CanLit -- 104. Modified Methodism -- 105. Family Stories -- 106. Imprint Interview -- 107. Stevens and the Value of Literature -- 108. Time Fulfilled -- 109. Schools of Criticism (II) -- 110. Cultural Identity in Canada -- 111. The Final Interview -- Appendix A. Other Films Featuring Northrop Frye -- Appendix B. Interviews Which Led To Discursive Articles -- Appendix C. Lost, Unavailable, or Untraced Interviews and Discussions -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: It is often forgotten that Northrop Frye, a scholar known chiefly for his books and articles, was also a gifted speaker who was never reluctant to be interviewed. This collection of 111 interviews and discussions with the critic assembles all of those published or broadcast on radio or television. Also included among the interviews are a number of conversations not generally known, many of them transcribed from tapes gathered from personal collections.Interviews with Northrop Frye aims to provide another view of the famous literary critic, one that supplements that which is often obtained from reading his printed works. Ranging from the earliest interviews in 1948 to discussions that took place mere months before his death in 1991, this volume is a complete portrait of Frye the conversationalist, demonstrating that he was capable of expressing his thought just as lucidly in person as he could on paper. Among the topics included are Frye?s views on teaching, writing, and Canadian literature, his opinions on the state of criticism, and a fascinating exchange concerning contemporary religion.For anyone interested in the life and career of Northrop Frye, these interviews are an ideal way to gain greater insight into the man and his work.