{"product_id":"the-northrop-frye-quote-book-paperback","title":"The Northrop Frye Quote Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Robert Colombo\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJean O'Grady\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eNorthrop Frye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of quotations from Canada's greatest literary theorist. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is no Canadian writer of whom we can say ... that their readers can grow up inside their work without ever being aware of a circumference.\" Northrop Frye came to that conclusion after a detailed study of the imaginative achievements of Canada's writers from the earliest period to 1965, when that sentence from his study first appeared in print. Over the decades since then, the statement has come to be regarded as a benchmark of individual and national literary achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Northrop Frye Quote Book is a specialized dictionary of quotations on all subjects that is based on the thoughts and writings of one person. It is the handiwork of a single contributor, albeit the cogitations of a remarkable one. It is also evidence that there \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e a Canadian writer of whom it may be said that we can grow up inside his work \"without ever being aware of a circumference.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Robert Colombo has written, translated, edited, or compiled over two hundred books, including seven dictionaries of quotations. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and a Fellow of the Frye Centre at Victoria University.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJean O'Grady, a graduate of the University of Toronto, served as the associate editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Works of Northrop Frye\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of the biography of Margaret Addison, the first dean of women at Victoria College.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Robert Colombo has written, translated, edited, and compiled over 200 books on the country's literature, humour and ghost stories, including \u003ci\u003eColombo's Canadian Quotations\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFascinating Canada\u003c\/i\u003e. He received the Harboufront Literary Prize, is a member of the Order of Canada, and is also a Fellow of the Frye Centre. He lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.98 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760719462688,"sku":"9781459719583","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/087000c1f154b0daca59c99e04bed1ac.webp?v=1780187968","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-northrop-frye-quote-book-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}