Book Review: The Great Code

The Great Code: The Bible and Literature
by Northrop Frye
Harvest Books, 2002 (original printing, 1981)
288 pages (hardcover)

Available at:
Powell’s Books
Amazon.com

Studying the genius of Northrop Frye’s work is its own industry.  The now deceased professor (1912-1991) from Victoria College has influenced generations of scholars and The Great Code: The Bible and Literature demonstrates why this giant figure commands so much attention.  If humans are pattern seeking beings, as cognitive science tells us, Frye’s mind is definitely a prime specimen. (more…)