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Dates of Material:
1947 – 1990
Extent:
2.47 m of textual records
NOTE(S)
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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.
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| 1988 | ||||
| 1988, Box 21 | ||||
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| 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.
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| 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 | |
