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Visiting Theory: The Northrop Frye Visiting Professorship at the University of Toronto
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One of the most enduring testaments to the legacy of Northrop Frye at the University of Toronto is the program in Comparative Literature and more particularly its commitment to Literary Theory. This paper provides a history of the Northrop Frye Visiting Professorship in Literary Theory, which has allowed for some of the most important theorists of literature and culture to hold the chair and introduce their ideas to members of the Centre for Comparative Literature and the University as a whole.
Title: Visiting Theory: The Northrop Frye Visiting Professorship at the University of Toronto
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One of the most enduring testaments to the legacy of Northrop Frye at the University of Toronto is the program in Comparative Literature and more particularly its commitment to Literary Theory.
This paper provides a history of the Northrop Frye Visiting Professorship in Literary Theory, which has allowed for some of the most important theorists of literature and culture to hold the chair and introduce their ideas to members of the Centre for Comparative Literature and the University as a whole.
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