Books

Title: Books

Dates of Material:

1947 – 1990

Extent:

2.465 m of textual records

Scope and content

Series consists of drafts of books.

NOTE(S)

Source of supplied title

Title based on form of the material.

Extent

The series is stored in 25 boxes.

Finding aids

Item list available (see below).

General notes

Note: References [A7, B15, etc.] are to Robert D. Denham, Northrop Frye: An Annotated Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987.

1988, Box 21
BOX	FILE	TITLE	YEAR	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1988
21	1	Divisions on a Ground, 1982. Includes table of contents and individual essays of Part I: Writing	1982	88 leaves, ts, mimeograph, printed [A20]
21	2	Divisions on a Ground, 1982. Contains Part II: Teaching	1982	60 leaves, ts, printed
21	3	Divisions on a Ground, 1982. Contains Part III: The Social Order	1982	74 leaves, ts
21	4	The Myth of Deliverance: Reflections on Shakespeare's Problem Comedies, 1983.	1983	101 leaves, ts, cc [A21]
21	5	The Myth of Deliverance, 1983	1983	96 leaves, xerox of printed page proofs
1988, Box 22
22	1	Fearful Symmetry, [introduction, chapters 7-9], 1947	1947	91 leaves, ts, cc [A1]
22	2	Fools of Time , 1967	1967, 1968	102 leaves, ts with printer's annotations. Includes letter (1968) from the University of Toronto Press returning the manuscript. [A9]
22	3	The Well-Tempered Critic, 1963	1963, 1979	74 leaves, ts with printer's annotations. Includes letter (1979) from Frye to Lorna Fraser donating ms to Victoria University Library. [A6]
22	4	A Natural Perspective, 1965	1965	124 leaves, ts with printer's annotations [A7]
22	5	The Return of Eden, 1965	1965	119 leaves, ts with printer's annotations [A8]
22	6	A Study of English Romanticism, 1968	1968, 1969	164 leaves, ts with printer's annotations. Includes letter (1969) from Jane Welch Widdicombe to Lorna Frazer donating ms to Victoria University Library. [A11]
1988, Box 23
23	1	The Critical Path, 1971	1971	2 copies: 172 leaves, ts; 202 leaves, ts, cc [A14]
23	2	The Critical Path		2 copies: 128 leaves, ts, cc; 98 leaves, ts, xerox; 2 copies: 172 leaves, ts, xerox
23	3	The Critical Path, 1971	1971	206 leaves, ts with printer's annotations. Includes letter from Frye to Lorna Fraser donating manuscript to Victoria University Library.
1988, Box 24
24	1	The Stubborn Structure, 1970	1970	490 leaves, ts, cc [A12]
24	2	"Canada and its poetry"		19 leaves, ts, cc
24	2	"Canadian and colonial painting"		4 leaves, ts, cc
24	2	"Conclusion to a literary history of Canada"		55 leaves, ts, xerox [A13]
24	2	"David Milne: an appreciation"		6 leaves, ts, cc
24	2	"Lawren Harris: an introduction"		7 leaves, ts, cc
24	2	"Preface to an uncollected anthology"		16 leaves, ts, printed
24	2	"Silence in the sea"		23 leaves, ts, xerox
24	2	"The narrative tradition in English-Canadian poetry"		13 leaves, ts, xerox
24	2	"Turning new leaves"		7 leaves, ts, cc
24	2	Individual essays in the collection: "Letters in Canada"		165 leaves, ts, cc
24	2	The Bush Garden, 1971: Preliminary pages to the collection	1971	15 leaves, ts cc.
1988, Box 25
25	1	The Secular Scripture, 1976	1976	Master proof and xerox copy: 83 leaves. Preface and preliminaries: 5 leaves, printed, xerox [A15]
25	2	The Secular Scripture, 1976	1976	Galley proofs, original and copy: 83 leaves
25	3	The Secular Scripture, 1976	1976	95 leaves, printed
1988, Box 26
26	1-2	Spiritus Mundi, 1976	1976	Text: 307 leaves, ts with printer's annotations. Notes: 2 leaves, ts [A16]
1988, Box 27
Material relating to The Great Code
27	1-2	The Great Code: The Bible and Literature, 1982	1982	440 leaves, ts [1st draft to publishers] [A19]
1988, Box 28
28	1	181 leaves, computer printout
28	2	165 leaves, computer printout cont'd. 8 leaves, ts
28	3	186 leaves, computer printout 3 leaves, ts
1988, Box 29
29	1	"Chapter One: Approaches and Assumptions"
29	1	1. A Personal Genesis		28 leaves, ts, cc
29	1	1. A Personal Record		11 leaves ts, cc
29	1	2. Myth and Narrative		19 leaves, ts, cc
29	1	3. Metaphor and Meaning		15 leaves, ts, cc
29	1	[Outline of the four-part study]		5 leaves, ts, cc
29	1	[Schematic diagrams]		11 leaves, holograph, ts
29	2	Chapter Four: The World of Work		21 leaves, ts, cc
29	2	Chapter One: Animated Nature		25 leaves, ts, cc
29	2	Chapter One: Myth and Metaphor		32 leaves, ts, cc
29	2	Chapter Ten		32 leaves, ts, cc
29	2	Chapter Two: Synchronic and Diachronic Myth		40 leaves, ts. cc
29	3	Mercury -- 3. Myth and Narrative		26 leaves, ts, cc
29	3	Sun -- 5. Metaphor and Meaning		27 leaves, ts, cc
29	3	Venus -- 4. The Double Mirror		16 leaves, ts, cc
29	3	[Sections]: Moon -- 2. Metamorphoses of Language		26 leaves, ts, cc
29	4	Larkin Stuart Lecture, January 30, 1980	January 30, 1980	4 copies [incomplete]: 26 leaves, ts [includes 4 miscellaneous leaves]; 19 leaves, ts; 20 leaves, ts, cc; 19 leaves, ts, cc
29	5	The Great Code: Part One: Myth and Metaphor		[7 sections], 80 leaves, ts, cc
29	6	Book One: Myth..., Part Two: Narrative
29	6	Chapter Five: The Double Mirror		35 leaves, ts, cc
29	6	Chapter Four: Ordeals of Water and Fire		28 leaves, ts, cc
29	6	Chapter One: Births and Deaths of Gods		39 leaves, ts, cc
29	6	Chapter Six: The Comic Romance		8 leaves, ts, cc
29	6	Chapter Three: The World of Work		31 leaves, ts, cc
29	6	Chapter Two: Icon and Idol		30 leaves, ts, cc
29	6	The Great Code: Book One: Myth and Metaphor, Part One: Imagery
29	7	Part One: ..., Chapter Two: Genealogy of the Gods		29 leaves, ts, cc
29	7	Part One: Imagery, Chapter One: Myth and Metaphor		22 leaves, ts, cc
29	7	The Great Code: Preface		7 leaves, ts, cc
29	7	[Sections]		1. "Over thirty years ago..." [draft of preface?] 2. "One of the most..."
29	8	Chapter Four: Seeds of Time		11 leaves, ts, cc
29	8	Chapter Two: The Comic Romance		22 leaves, ts, cc
29	8	The Great Code: Chapter One: First Commentary: Point of View		27 leaves, ts, cc
29	8	[Chapter ? "Not everybody has read the Bible..."]		39 leaves, ts, cc
29	9	Chapter Two		49 leaves, ts
29	9	The Great Code: Chapter One		26 leaves, ts
29	9	[Chapter ? "The kings of Israel and of Judah..."]		24 leaves, ts
1988, Box 30
30	1-2	The Great Code		440 leaves, computer printout with printer's annotations [includes prelims and notes]
30	3	The Great Code: Index		50 leaves, ts
30	4	The Great Code		233 leaves, printed proofs, xerox
30	5	The Great Code		Notes: 20 leaves, ts, xerox. Index, 18 leaves, printed galleys, xerox
1988, Box 47
47	3	[Sections: Fiction, Poetry and Drama from The Practical Imagination], 1980	1980	85 leaves, ts [B15, D259]
1988, Box 52
52	1	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, 1986, Preface	1986	pp. 1-99 [Computer printout] [A23]
52	2	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare		pp. 100-122.
52	3	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Preface		pp. 1-16.
52	4	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: Romeo and Juliet		pp. 1-23.
52	5	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: A Midsummer Night's Dream		pp. 1-21.
52	6	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: The Bolingbroke Plays (Richard II, Henry IV)		pp. 2-36.
52	7	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: A Midsummer Night's Dream		pp. 41-61.
52	8	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Preface		pp. 1-99.
1988, Box 53
53	1	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: Hamlet		pp. 1-22.
53	2	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: King Lear		pp. 1-24.
53	3	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: Antony and Cleopatra		pp. 1-22.
53	4	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: Measure for Measure		pp. 1-17.
53	5	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: The Winter's Tale		pp. 1-20.
53	6	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: The Tempest		pp. 1-19.
53	7	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: The Winter's Tale		ts, pp. 1-15.
53	8	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: Antony and Cleopatra		ts, pp. 1-16.
53	9	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: King Lear		ts, pp. 1-18.
53	10	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: Hamlet		ts, pp. 1-17.
53	11	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: The Tempest		ts, pp. 1-14.
53	12	Draft of Northrop Frye on Shakespeare, Section: Measure for Measure		ts, pp. 1-12.
1988, Box 54
54	1	Preface; Sections: Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Bolingbroke Plays		pp. 1-99, ts
54	2	Sections: Hamlet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Measure for Measure, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest		pp. 100-226, ts
54	3	Preface; Sections: Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Bolingbroke Plays		pp. 1-99, ts
54	4	Sections: Hamlet, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, Measure for Measure, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest		pp. 100-226, ts
54	5	Lectures on Shakespeare: Eighth lecture: Henry IV, Pt. 1	Oct. 31, 1979	16 leaves, ts
54	5	Lectures on Shakespeare: Eleventh lecture: Hamlet	Nov. 21, 1979	16 leaves, ts
54	5	Lectures on Shakespeare: First lecture: Introduction	Sept. 11, 1979	2 copies: 20 leaves, 24 leaves, ts
54	5	Lectures on Shakespeare: Fourth lecture: A Midsummer Night's Dream	Oct. 3, 1979	16 leaves, ts
54	5	Lectures on Shakespeare: Ninth lecture: Henry IV, Pt. 1	Nov. 7, 1979	17 leaves, ts
54	5	Lectures on Shakespeare: Second lecture: Romeo and Juliet	Sept. 19, 1979	19 leaves, ts
54	5	Lectures on Shakespeare: Seventh lecture: Richard II	Oct. 24, 1979	16 leaves, ts
54	5	Lectures on Shakespeare: Sixth lecture: Richard II	Oct. 17, 1979	15 leaves, ts
54	5	Lectures on Shakespeare: Tenth lecture: Hamlet	Nov. 12, 1979	17 leaves, ts
54	5	Lectures on Shakespeare: Third lecture: Romeo and Juliet	Sept. 26, 1979	18 leaves, ts
54	6	Shakespeare Lectures: Introduction	Sept. 10, 1980	16 leaves, ts
54	6	Shakespeare Lectures: Twelfth Night	Jan. 5, 1981	12 leaves, ts
54	6	Shakespeare Lectures: [Romeo and Juliet]		2 copies: 14 leaves; 1 copy: 9 leaves, ts
54	6	Shakespeare Lectures: [Romeo and Juliet]		2 copies: 13 leaves; 1 copy: 8 leaves, ts
54	6	Shakespeare Lectures: [Romeo and Juliet]		2 copies: 14 leaves; 1 copy: 9 leaves, ts
54	7	Shakespeare Lectures: [A Midsummer Night's Dream]		2 copies: 12 leaves; 1 copy: 8 leaves, ts
54	7	Shakespeare Lectures: [Richard II, Henry IV]		2 copies: 12 leaves; 1 copy: 8 leaves, ts
1988, Box 55
55	1	The Great Code: Table of contents; Introduction and text		pp. 1-99, computer printout [A19]
55	2	The Great Code: Text		pp. 100-199, computer printout
55	3	The Great Code: Text		pp. 200-299, computer printout
55	4	The Great Code: Text		pp. 300-414, computer printout
55	5	Creation and Myth [=Creation and Recreation, Larkin-Stuart Lectures, Jan.-Feb. 1980]	[Jan.-Feb. 1980]	Lecture one, 23 leaves, ts; Lecture two, 23 leaves, ts; Lecture three, 23 leaves, ts [A18]
1991
1991, Box 28
28	1	Drafts of The Myth of Deliverance		ts, annotated [A21]
1991, Box 29
29		Words with Power, 1990: early draft and later revisions		ts with some annotations. Includes critiques by Michael Dolzani and a colleague in the Department of English at Queen's University.
1991, Box 30
30		Words with Power, 1990: early draft and later revisions		ts with some annotations. Includes critiques by Michael Dolzani and a colleague in the Department of English at Queen's University.
1991, Box 31
31		Words with Power, 1990: early draft and later revisions		ts with some annotations. Includes critiques by Michael Dolzani and a colleague in the Department of English at Queen's University.
1991, Box 32
32		Words with Power, 1990: early draft and later revisions		ts with some annotations. Includes critiques by Michael Dolzani and a colleague in the Department of English at Queen's University.
1991, Box 33
33		Words with Power, 1990: early draft and later revisions		ts with some annotations. Includes critiques by Michael Dolzani and a colleague in the Department of English at Queen's University.
1991, Box 34
34	1-3	Drafts of The Double Vision, 1990
1992
1992, Box 1
1	2-3	The Secular Scripture [Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, 1974-1975, Harvard University]	1974-1975	2 copies: 203 leaves, ts; [final typescript], 223 leaves [A15]
1	4	Creation and Recreation [Larkin-Stuart Lectures, 1980, St. Thomas Aquinas]	1980, 1981, 1992	[final typescript], 70 leaves. Includes one letter (1980) from the University of Toronto Press returning the final typescript of the manuscript to Frye; two letters (1981) from Frye to Desmond Neill donating the typescript to the Massey College Library, University of Toronto; and one letter (1992) from Massey College placing The Secular Scripture and Creation and Recreation on permanent loan at Victoria University Library. [A18]
1	5	The Secular Scripture [Chapters 1-3]		118 leaves, ts with holograph annotations [A15]
1	6	1. The word and world of man		22 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
1	6	2. The context of romance		22 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
1	6	3. Our Lady of Pain:heroes and heroines of romance		23 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
1	6	4. The bottomless dream: themes of descent		24 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
1	6	5. Quis hic locus?: themes of ascent		24 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
1	6	6. The recovery of myth		23 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
1	6	The Secular Scripture: Prelims		4 leaves
The Secular Scripture: drafts
1	7	1. Myth and fable		45 leaves, ts
1	7	2. The Teleology of weakness		43 leaves, ts
1	7	3. Enamoured of an ass		38 leaves, ts
1992, Box 2
2	1	Lecture one: Myth and fable		1st draft: 58 leaves, ts
2	2	Lecture two: The strategy of weakness		1st draft: 52 leaves, ts; 2nd draft: 56 leaves, ts
2	3	Lecture three: Enamoured of an ass		1st draft: 48 leaves, ts; 2nd draft: 47 leaves, ts
2	4	Lecture four: Quis hic locus?		1st draft: 27 leaves, ts; 2nd draft: 30 leaves, ts
2	5	Lecture one: Myth and fable		1st draft: 36 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
2	6	Lecture two		1st draft: The Strategy of weakness, 32 leaves, ts with holograph annotations; 2nd draft: The Quest of Psyche, 42 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
2	7	Lecture three: Enamoured of an ass		1st draft: 29 leaves, ts with holograph annotations; 2nd draft: 29 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
2	8	Lecture four: Quis hic locus?		1st draft: 17 leaves, ts with holograph annotations; 2nd draft: 19 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
2	9	Lecture one: The Word and World of Man		1st draft: 26 leaves, ts with holograph annotations; 2nd draft: 20 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
2	10	Lecture two: The Context of Romance		1st draft: 25 leaves, ts with holograph annotations; 2nd draft: 19 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
2	11	Lecture three: Our Lady of Pain: Heroes and Heroines		1st draft: 29 leaves, ts with holograph annotations; 2nd draft: 20 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
2	12	Lecture four: The Bottomless Dream: Themes of Descent		1st draft: 33 leaves, ts with holograph annotations; 2nd draft: 18 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
2	13	Lecture five: Quis Hic Locus? Themes of Ascent		1st draft: 30 leaves, ts with holograph annotations; 2nd draft: 18 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
2	14	[Lecture six]		1st draft: 36 leaves, ts with holograph annotations; 2nd draft: 18 leaves, ts with holograph annotations
1993
1993, Box 2
2	3	Words with Power, 1990		Contains Part I, 206 leaves, ts

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