{"product_id":"the-double-vision-language-and-meaning-in-religion","title":"The Double Vision: Language and Meaning in Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe publication in 1982 of Northrop Fryes The Great Code: The Bible and Literature was a literary event of major significance. Frye took what he called a fresh and firsthand look at the Bible and analysed it as a literary critic  exploring its relation to Western literature and its impact on the creative imagination. Through an examination of such key aspects of language as myth  metaphor  and rhetoric he conveyed to the reader the results of his own encounter with the Bible and his appreciation of its unified structure of narrative and imagery.  Shortly before his death in January 1991  Frye characterized The Double Vision as something of a shorter and more accessible version of The Great Code and its sequel  Words with Power. In simpler context and briefer compass  it elucidates and expands on the ideas and concepts introduced in those books. The double vision of the title is a phrase borrowed from William Blake indicating that mere simple sense perception is not enough for reliable interpretation of the meaning of the world. In Fryes words: the conscious subject is not really perceiving until it recognizes itself as part of what it perceives.  In four very readable  engaging chapters  Frye contrasts the natural or physical vision of the world with the inward  spiritual one as each relates to language  space  time  history  and the concept of God. Throughout  he reiterates that the true literal sense of the Bible is metaphorical and that this conception of a metaphorical literal sense is not new  or even modern. He emphasizes the fact that the literary language of the Bible is not intended  like literature itself  simply to suspend judgement  but to convey a vision of spiritual life that contineus to transform and expand our own. Its myths become  as purely literary myths cannot  myths to live by. Its metaphors become  as purely literary metaphors cannot  metaphors to live in.  The Double Vision originated in lectures delivered at Emmanuel College in the University of Toronto  the texts of which were revised and augmented. It will appeal to scholars  students  and general readers alike who enjoyed Fryes earlier works or who are interested in the Bible  literature  literary theory and criticism  and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44962825109557,"sku":"ByrdShop_0802068650","price":26.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780802068651.jpg?v=1770397596","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-double-vision-language-and-meaning-in-religion","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}