Words With Power by Northrop Frye
Being a Second Study of 'The Secular Scripture
A series of essays that treat scripture as a central cultural and literary text, examining how biblical language, symbolism, and narrative structures have shaped Western imagination and literary forms; the book combines literary criticism, cultural history, and hermeneutics to argue that words in sacred texts exert social and imaginative power, influencing modes of thought from prophecy and myth to modern criticism, while critiquing reductive literalism and exploring the ethical and imaginative responsibilities of interpretation.
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- Published
- 1990
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- Canadian
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- English
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