Words with Power: Being a Second Study of "The Bible and Literature" First Edition

by Northrop Frye (Author)

3 customer reviews

ISBN-13: 978-0156983655

ISBN-10: 9780156983655

Why is ISBN important?

Have one to sell? Sell on Amazon

Added to

Unable to add item to List. Please try again.

Share <Embed>

Condition: Used - Good

In Stock. Sold by Book Monkey, Inc., Fulfilled by Amazon

Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

41 Used from $12.95

FREE Shipping

Deliver to Norway

Only 16 left in stock - order soon.

Ships from and sold by Amazon.com.

This item ships to Norway. Want it Tuesday, Jan. 22? Order within and choose AmazonGlobal Priority Shipping at checkout. Learn more

List Price: $19.00
Save: $1.78 (9%)

20 New from $17.22

Deliver to Norway

More Buying Choices

20 New from $17.22 41 Used from $12.95

61 used & new from $12.95

See All Buying Options

Free Two-Day Shipping for College Students with Amazon Student

Frye continues his exploration, begun in The Great Code, of the influence of Biblical themes and forms of expression on Western literature, with discussions of authors ranging from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Yeats and Eliot. Frye identifies four key elements found in the Bible-the mountain, the garden, the cave, and the furnace-and describes how they recur in later secular writings. Indices.

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.

Jaak Panksepp

28

Paperback
$45.13

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Frye (1912-1991) analyzes the Bible's imagery, narrative structure and influence upon literary classics in his tremendously rich sequel to The Great Code: The Bible and Literature .

Review

Frye (1912-1991) analyzes the Bible's imagery, narrative structure and influence upon literary classics in his tremendously rich sequel to The Great Code: The Bible and Literature . (Publishers Weekly)

In his introduction to The Great Code ( LJ 6/1/82), Frye promised a sequel to his work on "the Bible and literature." Here is the promised volume, though it is not an entirely new book. In Part 1, Frye restates his critical position, his structural principle: the identity of mythology and literature. In Part 2, he focuses on specific mythological themes (mountain, garden, cave, furnace) that are variations of the cosmic axis mundi image. Throughout, he demonstrates his interest in the mythological structures that inform literature, including the Bible, instead of simply the literary characteristics of the Bible. While it is undeniable that myths often serve as structuring elements in the Bible, occasionally Frye allows myth criticism to overwhelm the text rather than shed light upon it. Thus there is the risk of forcing the text into the pre-established structure. This aside, there is enlightenment available for readers willing to work through it. Recommended.
- Craig W. Beard, Har ding Univ. Lib., Searcy, Ark.
(Library Journal)

See all Editorial Reviews

Product details

Paperback: 372 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books; First edition (April 15, 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780156983655
ISBN-13: 978-0156983655
ASIN: 0156983656
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #843,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #485 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Literature > Literary Theory
- #4500 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Bible Study & Reference > Criticism & Interpretation
- #7831 in Books > Textbooks > Humanities > Religious Studies

Would you like to tell us about a lower price?
If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support?

Be the first video

Your name here

3 customer reviews

Review this product

Write a customer review

Showing 1-3 of 3 reviews

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

J.D.

the best literary theorist of the twentieth century

August 21, 2016

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Northrop Frye is indispensable, the best literary theorist of the twentieth century. He built on a core of insights, which he developed into a coherent system, throughout his entire career. This book needs to be read in the context of his body of works, starting with Fearful Symmetry, his study of Blake's mythology, and the magnum opus, An Anatomy of Criticism. His short book about T.S. Eliot is essential as well.

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Comment

Caballero

The Lost Perspective

September 27, 2010

Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase

Quiet and sustained literary revelation is how I would describe my experience on reading this book, Words with Power: all of a sudden there is the magic again, in reading and in "why" I should keep reading. The picture is complete, and professor Frye reminds us that it was there all the time, like Poe's The Purloined Letter.

How refreshing it is to listen (this is what reading Frye feels like) to a top specialist explaining why, after all, literature is all about us, people, and why no jargon or scholarly pirouettes should obscure that fact. Being myself a specialist in another field this is downright inspiring and encouraging. The Bible is at the top of a golden chain that William Blake saw and Frye secures, we are the chain, the living words of a book that lives, not in the paper, but in every spark of genius and down to the shyest creative labor.

We possess the key to the door, the richness of the kingdom: I owe to Frye to remind me where I had left the keys.

13 people found this helpful

Helpful

Comment

Jane W. Elioseff

Experience not subject to debate

August 11, 2008

Format: Paperback

Very much appreciated A Customer's knowledge of Frye and his work, but I would like to supplement that review of Words with Power by saying that "Symbol and Spirit" so lifted my heart that fifteen years ago I typed out long sections of the chapter, then made copies for some twenty friends who practiced insight meditation. As I read them, Frye and Campbell are not trying to convert anyone, just reporting on or alluding to a certain kind of experience. Who would attempt to convert someone into a taste or a feeling? I know a woman who can walk into a store and match a color exactly without having a swatch or paint sample in her hand. I can't do that. I know another woman whose hearing is so acute, a quiet house is alive with sounds that I can't hear. This is not always pleasant for her. Frye communicated to me that he had had a glimpse of the ineffable.

9 people found this helpful

Helpful

Comment

Set up an Amazon Giveaway

Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers. Learn more about Amazon Giveaway

This item: Words with Power: Being a Second Study of "The Bible and Literature"

Set up a giveaway

Words with Power: Being a Second Study of "The Bible and Literature" First Edition

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Sponsored products related to this item