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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787488303321

Autore

Cotrupi Caterina Nella <1953->

Titolo

Northrop Frye and the poetics of process / / Caterina Nella Cotrupi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2000

©2000

ISBN

1-4426-5806-1

1-4426-2084-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (158 p.)

Collana

Frye Studies

Disciplina

801/.95/092

Soggetti

Criticism - Canada - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction. Beyond the Great Divide: Frye and a Unified Theory of Criticism -- 1. Process, the Sublime, and the Eighteenth Century -- 2. Against a Separate Nature -- 3. Vico and the Making of Truth -- 4. Process and Freedom -- 5. Process, Concern, and Interpenetration -- Conclusion: The Ethics and Praxis of Process -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Nella Cotrupi's "Northrop Frye and the Poetics of Process" sheds a new conceptual light on Frye, successfully bringing him back into the central ring of contemporary critical thought. Challenging the often dismissive view of Frye's work as closed and outdated, Dr. Cotrupi explores the implications of his proposition that the history of criticism may be seen as having two main approaches - literature as "product" and literature as "process." In focusing on Frye's exploration of the process tradition Cotrupi sheds light on the agenda that Frye established for himself, when he noted at the end of Anatomy of Criticism that the reconciliatory task of criticism was to "reforge the broken link between creation and knowledge, art and science, myth and concept."Dr. Cotrupi recontextualizes Frye's thought and shows us how Frye continues to be, not only relevant, but central to a number of the key concerns in the contemporary critical scene. Re-examining Frye's place in the history of critical thought, Dr. Cotrupi builds upon Frye's original vision of the "process" tradition and suggests further directions



this exploration may take. Among the current areas of critical engagement which Cotrupi examines are relativism, possible world theory, and postmodernism - making this work of interest not only to Frye scholars, but also to those interested in the debates currently rocking the world of criticism, literature and culture.