The Educated Imagination (Cbc Massey Lectures Series) - Softcover

Frye, Northrop

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887845983 ISBN 13: 9780887845987

Publisher: House of Anansi Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Addressed to educators and general readers―the "consumers of literature" from all walks of life―this important new book explores the value and uses of literature in our time. Dr. Frye offers, in addition, challenging and stimulating ideas for the teaching of literature at lower school levels, designed both to promote an early interest and to lead the student to the knowledge and kaleidoscopic experience found in the study of literature.

Dr. Frye's proposals for the teaching of literature include an early emphasis on poetry, the "central and original literary form," intensive study of the Bible, as literature, and the Greek and Latin classics, as these embody all the great enduring themes of western man, and study of the great literary forms: tragedy and comedy, romance and irony.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Addressed to educators as well as the general reader, this important yet lively and readable book explores the value and uses of literature and its study in our scientific age, and offers a broad program for the teaching of literature in elementary and secondary schools.

About this edition

• Publisher: House of Anansi Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0887845983
• ISBN 13: 9780887845987
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80