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Northrop Frye Quotes

Beauty and truth may be attributes of good writing, but if the writer deliberately aims at truth, he is likely to find that what he has hit is the didactic Picture Quote #1

Writing: I certainly do rewrite my central myth in every book, and would never read or trust any writer who did not also do so Picture Quote #1

We have to look at the figures of speech a writer uses, his images and symbols, to realize that underneath all the complexity of human life that uneasy stare at an alien nature is still haunting us, and the problem of surmounting it still with us Picture Quote #1

The fable says that the tortoise won in the end, which is consoling, but the hare shows a good deal of speed and few signs of tiring Picture Quote #1

We find rhetorical situations everywhere in life, and only our imaginations can get us out of them Picture Quote #1

The first thing that confronts us in studying verbal structures is that they are arranged sequentially, and have to be read or listened to in time Picture Quote #1

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The supremacy of the verbal over the monumental has something about it of the supremacy of life over death Picture Quote #1

The bedrock of doubt is the total nothingness of death. Death is a leveler, not because everybody dies, but because nobody understands what death means Picture Quote #1

Writers don’t seem to benefit much by the advance of science, although they thrive on superstitions of all kinds Picture Quote #1

No human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature. The only thing is that primitive literature hasn’t yet become distinguished from other aspects of life: it’s still embedded in religion, magic and social ceremonies Picture Quote #1

This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature Picture Quote #1

My subject is the educated imagination, and education is something that affects the whole person, not bits and pieces of him Picture Quote #1

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Man lives, not directly or nakedly in nature like the animals, but within a mythological universe, a body of assumptions and beliefs developed from his existential concerns Picture Quote #1

The operations of the human mind are also controlled by words of power, formulas that become a focus of mental activity Picture Quote #1

The objective world is the order of nature, thinking or reflection follows the suggestions of sense experience, and words are the servomechanisms of reflection Picture Quote #1

Man creates what he calls history as a screen to conceal the workings of the apocalypse from himself Picture Quote #1

Metaphors of unity and integration take us only so far, because they are derived from the finiteness of the human mind Picture Quote #1

Our country has shown a lack of will to resist its own disintegration... Canada is practically the only country left in the world which is a pure colony; colonial in psychology as well as in mercantile economics Picture Quote #1

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Beauty and truth may be attributes of good writing, but if the writer deliberately aims at truth, he is likely to find that what he has hit is the didactic (Northrop Frye Quotes) Writing: I certainly do rewrite my central myth in every book, and would never read or trust any writer who did not also do so (Northrop Frye Quotes) We have to look at the figures of speech a writer uses, his images and symbols, to realize that underneath all the complexity of human life that uneasy stare at an alien nature is still haunting us, and the problem of surmounting it still with us (Northrop Frye Quotes) The fable says that the tortoise won in the end, which is consoling, but the hare shows a good deal of speed and few signs of tiring (Northrop Frye Quotes) We find rhetorical situations everywhere in life, and only our imaginations can get us out of them (Northrop Frye Quotes) The first thing that confronts us in studying verbal structures is that they are arranged sequentially, and have to be read or listened to in time (Northrop Frye Quotes) The supremacy of the verbal over the monumental has something about it of the supremacy of life over death (Northrop Frye Quotes) The bedrock of doubt is the total nothingness of death. Death is a leveler, not because everybody dies, but because nobody understands what death means (Northrop Frye Quotes) Writers don’t seem to benefit much by the advance of science, although they thrive on superstitions of all kinds (Northrop Frye Quotes) No human society is too primitive to have some kind of literature. The only thing is that primitive literature hasn’t yet become distinguished from other aspects of life: it’s still embedded in religion, magic and social ceremonies (Northrop Frye Quotes) This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature (Northrop Frye Quotes) My subject is the educated imagination, and education is something that affects the whole person, not bits and pieces of him (Northrop Frye Quotes) Man lives, not directly or nakedly in nature like the animals, but within a mythological universe, a body of assumptions and beliefs developed from his existential concerns (Northrop Frye Quotes) The operations of the human mind are also controlled by words of power, formulas that become a focus of mental activity (Northrop Frye Quotes) The objective world is the order of nature, thinking or reflection follows the suggestions of sense experience, and words are the servomechanisms of reflection (Northrop Frye Quotes) Man creates what he calls history as a screen to conceal the workings of the apocalypse from himself (Northrop Frye Quotes) Metaphors of unity and integration take us only so far, because they are derived from the finiteness of the human mind (Northrop Frye Quotes) Our country has shown a lack of will to resist its own disintegration... Canada is practically the only country left in the world which is a pure colony; colonial in psychology as well as in mercantile economics (Northrop Frye Quotes)

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