Northrop Frye on Myth

Nortrop Frye differed from other theorists of myth in tracing all of the major literary genres--romance, comedy, satire, not just tragedy--to myth and ritual. This volume is the most thorough presentation of his thinking on the subject. Chapter 1 Life and Works; Chapter 2 Frye and His Myth Theorists; Chapter 3 Spengler; Chapter 4 The Myths of Frazer and Spengler; Chapter 5 Christianity and Classical Culture; Chapter 6 The Rhythm of Romance; Chapter 7 Myth and Culture; Chapter 8 Cassirer and the Anatomy; Chapter 9 Displacement and Condensation; Chapter 10 The Forces of Convention; Chapter 11 The Myth of the Ideal Reader; Chapter 12 Jung and Frye; Chapter 13 Circle of Story Types; Chapter 14 Ricoeur and Frye on Myth; Chapter 15 Biblical Hermeneutics and Frye;