Northrop Frye quote: Literature is still doing the same job that mythology did earlier, but filling in its huge cloudy shapes with sharper ...

Literature is still doing the same job that mythology did earlier, but filling in its huge cloudy shapes with sharper lights and deeper shadows.

~ Northrop Frye ~

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