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World-renowned critic and scholar Northrop Frye examines the Bible as the single most important influence in the imaginative tradition of Western art and literature. Frye rejects both the dogmatic and literal interpretations while celebrating the uniqueness of the Bible as distinct from all other epics and sacred texts. His highly original analysis shows the Bible as redeeming history with a visionary poetic perspective that complements science in the understanding of man’s nature.
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Alvin A. Lee was born on 30 September 1930 on a farm in the Kawartha Lakes district of Ontario. After attending secondary school in Lindsay, he was a student at the University of Toronto at Victoria and Emmanuel Colleges and the School of Graduate Studies. Following completion of his doctorate in 1960, he joined the Department of English of McMaster University in Hamilton, where he is now a professor emeritus. His main publications are on Old English poetry, the poet-playwright James Reaney, and Northrop Frye. He is general editor of the thirty-volume Collected Works of Northrop Frye . At McMaster University he was dean of graduate studies, vice-president academic, and president and vice-chancellor.
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