The Eternal Act of Creation: Essays, 1979-1990
- ISBN-10
- 0253325161
- ISBN-13
- 9780253325167
- Category
- Bible and literature
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Author
- Northrop Frye
Description
"... twelve essays in which this visionary literary critic speaks specifically to the eternal act of creation, addressing the incessant need for literary revisioning." —Studies in Religion These essays, four of which are published here for the first time, reveal one of the most extraordinary minds of our time engaging a wide range of literary, cultural, and religious issues. Frye gave these addresses during the last decade of his life, and they reveal this distinguished critic speaking with wit and wisdom about the permanent forms of human civilization and engaging in the eternal act of creation.
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