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Northrop Frye

1912 - 1991

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Herman Northrop Frye (July 14, 1912 – January 23, 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century. Frye gained international fame with his first book, Fearful Symmetry (1947), which led to the reinterpretation of the poetry of William Blake. His lasting reputation rests principally on the theory of literary criticism that he developed in Anatomy of Criticism (1957), one of the most important works of literary theory published in the twentieth century. The American critic Harold Bloom commented at the time of its publication that Anatomy established Frye as "the foremost living student of Western literature." Frye's contributions to cultural and social criticism spanned a long career during which he earned widespread recognition and received many honours. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Northrop Frye is the 964th most popular philosopher (up from 1,017th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Canada (up from 254th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Northrop Frye ranks 964 out of 1,267. Before him are Derek Parfit, Nemesius, Monimus, Jacques-André Naigeon, David Lewis, and Wendy Brown. After him are Rüdiger Safranski, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Phaenias of Eresus, Paul Janet, Musaeus of Athens, and Ernst von Glasersfeld.

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Among people born in 1912, Northrop Frye ranks 188. Before him are Pál Kovács, Nick Cravat, Pietro Ferraris, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Alexey Sudayev, and Keisuke Kinoshita. After him are Palle Huld, Enrique Fernández Viola, Teddy Wilson, Carvalho Leite, Georges Franju, and José Iraragorri. Among people deceased in 1991, Northrop Frye ranks 116. Before him are Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Metin Oktay, Hitoshi Igarashi, Claude Cahen, Pietro Ferraris, and Louis Seigner. After him are Helmut Walcha, Antoine Berman, Robert Motherwell, Peggy Ashcroft, Fred MacMurray, and Nicholas Poppe.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Northrop Frye ranks 246 out of 1,622. Before him are Harold Russell (1914), René Lévesque (1922), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Conrad Black (1944), Bobby Hull (1939), and Jean Béliveau (1931). After him are Maud Menten (1879), Neve Campbell (1973), Neil Peart (1952), Suzanne Morrow Francis (1930), Arthur Hill (1922), and Louis St. Laurent (1882).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Canada

Among philosophers born in Canada, Northrop Frye ranks 7. Before him are Marshall McLuhan (1911), Charles Taylor (1931), G. A. Cohen (1941), Ian Stevenson (1918), Ian Hacking (1936), and Patricia Churchland (1943). After him are Bernard Lonergan (1904), Paul Churchland (1942), Will Kymlicka (1962), and Leonard Peikoff (1933).

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