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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825133403321

Autore

Sinding Michael <1970->

Titolo

Body of vision : Northrop Frye and the poetics of mind / / Michael Sinding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4426-9816-0

1-4426-9815-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Frye studies

Disciplina

801/.95092

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory

Canada

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

Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Landscapes and Prospects -- 1 â€oeSystems That Wonâ€?t Quite Doâ€?: Schematic Structure in Literary Metaphor, Myth, and Models -- 2 Spatial and Spiritual Orders: Metaphoric Coherence in Danteâ€?s and Fryeâ€?s Cosmologies -- 3 Family, City, and Body Politic: Metaphor and Framing in Social Thought -- 4 Pastorals with Power: Universal Nature and the Cultural History of Genre -- Conclusion. Minds Transfigured Together: Metaphor, Myth, and Culture in Mind -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

By linking Frye's classic studies to exciting recent approaches in the humanities and the cognitive revolution of the past few decades, Body of Vision casts Frye's achievements in a fascinating new light.