Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface xv
4. Credits xxi
5. Abbreviations xxv
6. Introduction xxix
7. 1. What Has Become of Conversation? 1
8. 2. On Human Values 13
9. 3. University 23
10. 4. Literary Trends of the Twentieth Century 28
11. 5. The Voice and the Crowd 32
12. 6. Breakthrough 48
13. 7. Style and Image in the Twentieth Century 51
14. 8. Dix Ans avant la Néo-critique 58
15. 9. B.K. Sandwell 63
16. 10. Engagement and Detachment 64
17. 11. L’Anti-McLuhan 74
18. 12. Student Protest Movement 79
19. 13. CRTC Guru 88
20. 14. The Only Genuine Revolution 145
21. 15. The Limits of Dialogue 174
22. 16. “There Is Really No Such Thing As Methodology” 190
23. 17. Into the Wilderness 198
24. 18. The Magic of Words 210
25. 19. Two Heretics: Milton and Melville 219
26. 20. Notes on a Maple Leaf 227
27. 21. The Canadian Imagination 230
28. 22. Poets of Canada: 1920 to the Present 239
29. 23. On Evil 245
30. 24. Blake’s Cosmos 254
31. 25. Science Policy and the Quality of Life 264
32. 26. Modern Education 275
33. 27. Symmetry in the Arts: Blake 278
34. 28. Harold Innis: Portrait of a Scholar 283
35. 29. Easter 284
36. 30. Impressions 291
37. 31. CRTC Hearings 303
38. 32. Canadian Voices 306
39. 33. Sacred and Secular Scriptures 310
40. 34. Education, Religion, Old Age 317
41. 35. The Future Tense 328
42. 36. “A Literate Person Is First and Foremost an Articulate Person” 330
43. 37. The Education of Mike McManus 344
44. 38. An Eminent Victorian 355
45. 39. Between Paradise and Apocalypse 367
46. 40. Frye’s Literary Theory in the Classroom: A Panel Discussion 400
47. 41. Getting the Order Right 413
48. 42. Tradition and Change in the College 430
49. 43. The New American Dreams over the Great Lakes 442
50. 44. Four Questions for Northrop Frye 445
51. 45. “I Tried to Shatter the Shell of Historicism” 449
52. 46. The Wisdom of the Reader 452
53. 47. Identity and Myth 455
54. 48. Literature in Education 461
55. 49. Northrop Frye: Signifying Everything 469
56. 50. The Critical Path 477
57. 51. Regionalism in Canada 483
58. 52. Canadian Energy: Dialogues on Creativity 487
59. 53. From Nationalism to Regionalism: The Maturing of Canadian Culture 496
60. 54. Commemorating the Massey Lectures 506
61. 55. Marshall McLuhan 510
62. 56. Storytelling 512
63. 57. A Fearful Symmetry 518
64. 58. Medium and Message 526
65. 59. Scientist and Artist 528
66. 60. The Art of Bunraku 536
67. 61. On The Great Code (I) 546
68. 62. Chatelaine’s Celebrity I.D. 565
69. 63. On The Great Code (II) 568
70. 64. Towards an Oral History of the University of Toronto 575
71. 65. Back to the Garden 642
72. 66. On The Great Code (III) 656
73. 67. Maintaining Freedom in Paradise 670
74. 68. On The Great Code (IV) 681
75. 69. Making the Revolutionary Act New 685
76. 70. Visualization in Reading 693
77. 71. Hard Times in the Ivory Tower 700
78. 72. Frye at the Forum 704
79. 73. The Scholar in Society 709
80. 74. Inventing a Music: MacMillan and Walter in the Past and Present 718
81. 75. Criticism after Anatomy 720
82. 76. Richard Cartwright and the Roots of Canadian Conservatism 723
83. 77. Les Lecteurs doivent manger le livre 726
84. 78. The Darkening Mirror: Reflections on the Bomb and Language 729
85. 79. Music in My Life 733
86. 80. Books as Counter-Culture 743
87. 81. The Primary Necessities of Existence 744
88. 82. Criticism in Society 752
89. 83. On the Media 766
90. 84. The Great Test of Maturity 770
91. 85. Archetype and History 779
92. 86. Moncton, Mentors, and Memories 790
93. 87. William Blake: Prophet of the New Age 809
94. 88. Morningside Interview on Shakespeare 813
95. 89. Love of Learning 821
96. 90. Frye, Literary Critic 826
97. 91. On The Great Code (V) 830
98. 92. On The Great Code (VI) 832
99. 93. On Education 836
100. 94. Schools of Criticism (I) 840
101. 95. William Morris 849
102. 96. What Is the Purpose of Art? 858
103. 97. Canadian Writers in Italy 860
104. 98. The Great Teacher 862
105. 99. Canadian and American Values 887
106. 100. Nature and Civilization 904
107. 101. Second Marriage 910
108. 102. Northrop Frye in Conversation 916
109. 103. “Condominium Mentality” in CanLit 1036
110. 104. Modified Methodism 1040
111. 105. Family Stories 1043
112. 106. Imprint Interview 1055
113. 107. Stevens and the Value of Literature 1067
114. 108. Time Fulfilled 1074
115. 109. Schools of Criticism (II) 1079
116. 110. Cultural Identity in Canada 1089
117. 111. The Final Interview 1097
118. Appendix A. Other Films Featuring Northrop Frye 1103
119. Appendix B. Interviews Which Led To Discursive Articles 1105
120. Appendix C. Lost, Unavailable, or Untraced Interviews and Discussions 1109
121. Notes 1113
122. Index 1175