An examination of the influence of the Bible on Western art and literature and on the Western creative imagination in general. Frye persuasively presents the Bible as a unique text distinct from all other epics and sacred writings.
Explores the value and uses of literature and its study in our scientific age, and offers a broad program for the teaching of literature in elementary and secondary schools.
Inlcudes: Romeo and Juliet, A midsummer night's dream, Richard II, Henry IV: the Bolingbroke plays, Hamlet, King Lear, , antony and Cleopatra, Measure for measure, The Winter's Tale and The Tempest: Shakespeare's romances.
