Reception of Northrop Frye

Although Northrop Frye's influence peaked in the 1960s and 1970s, Robert D. Denham's The Reception of Northrop Frye demonstrates that his work has received significant attention and is still growing exponentially.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 736 pages
\n Publication date: 16 October 2021
\n Publisher: University of Toronto Press
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The pervasive belief holds that Northrop Frye's influence reached its peak during the 1960s and 1970s, subsequently rendering him obsolete and consigning his work to obscurity. This widely held notion finds expression in Terry Eagleton's rhetorical question from 1983, "Who now reads Frye?" In his book, "The Reception of Northrop Frye," Robert D. Denham meticulously catalogs the extensive body of literature that has been written about Frye, encompassing books, articles, translations, dissertations, and theses, as well as reviews. Through this comprehensive analysis, Denham establishes that the attention Frye's work has garnered since its inception has progressed at an exponential rate. Moreover, he delves into the insights that can be gained from a comprehensive record of Frye's reception, such as Hayden White's theory of emplotments applied to historical writing and Byron Almén's theory of musical narrative. The overwhelming volume of writings about Frye underscores the undeniable truth that the only valid response to Eagleton's rhetorical question is a resounding and steadily increasing number, characterized by a growth that is not merely incremental but exponential.

\n Weight: 1920g\n
Dimension: 282 x 224 x 43 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781487508203\n \n