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PHILOSOPHER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Northrop Frye has received more than 647,060 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Northrop Frye is the 1,017th most popular philosopher (down from 951st in 2019), the 281st most popular biography from Canada (down from 240th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Canadian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Northrop Frye ranks 1,017 out of 1,081Before him are Hicetas, John Peckham, John Scott Haldane, Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Allan Bloom, and Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski. After him are Hubert Dreyfus, Michael Oakeshott, Philip of Opus, Derek Parfit, Harald Høffding, and G. A. Cohen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Northrop Frye ranks 216Before him are Rudi Fischer, Nam Sung-yong, Alexander Mackendrick, Martha Mödl, Mary McCarthy, and Paul Meurisse. After him are Arne Brustad, Frank Thomas, Walter Sisulu, Émile Allais, Maurice Guigue, and Akram al-Hawrani. Among people deceased in 1991, Northrop Frye ranks 145Before him are Jean Langlais, Nutan, Gene Clark, Boris Papandopulo, Domingo Tarasconi, and Anita Traversi. After him are Alfred Eisenbeisser, Ronald Lacey, Gustav Wetterström, Pietro Ferraris, Irwin Allen, and Lars Hall.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Northrop Frye ranks 281 out of 1,350Before him are John Murray (1841), Tricia Helfer (1974), Norman L. Bowen (1887), John Peters Humphrey (1905), Steven Erikson (1959), and André Bessette (1845). After him are Shirley Douglas (1934), Alexander Knox (1907), Len Cariou (1939), Susan Clark (1943), Guy Lafleur (1951), and George Chuvalo (1937).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Canada

Among philosophers born in Canada, Northrop Frye ranks 6Before him are Marshall McLuhan (1911), Charles Taylor (1931), Ian Stevenson (1918), Ian Hacking (1936), and Patricia Churchland (1943). After him are G. A. Cohen (1941), Bernard Lonergan (1904), Leonard Peikoff (1933), Paul Churchland (1942), and Will Kymlicka (1962).