Educated Imagination (Midland Books: No. 88)

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.

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Posted: Nov-19-2007

This book changed my life.

I read this when I was 21. I became a writer. The book gave me inspiration and an appreciation of literature. It also helped me to develop an ideology/philosophy about life and the imagination. It should be mandatory in schools today.

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Posted: Dec-19-2006

what is important about reading literature

On the recommendation of a friend, I picked up Northrop Frye's _The Educated Imagination_. As my colleague said, "I read this each fall to remind me what is important about teaching literature." I could not agree more.Originally broadcast as a series of six lectures on literary criticism, Frye...

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Posted: Dec-10-2004

From a Student's perspective...

Very insightful. I know he meant to make this an informal style, but it's confusing. He keeps going back and forth, here and there, but he ultimately makes 1-2 good points in each essay. However, the one or two interesting point he makes in each essay really tickles your mind. Very...

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Posted: Aug-17-2001

Very accessible and insightful

Northrop Frye is probably *the* most important English-language literary critic of the 20th century. "The Educated Imagination" is a series of six short essays based on talks/lectures he gave on Canadian radio. His focus here is slightly different than many of his other works (like the classic...

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