"The Age of Frye": Dissecting the "Anatomy of Criticism," 1957-1966.

ANATOMY of Criticism (Book); FRYE, Northrop, 1912-1991; LITERARY criticism; NORTHROP Frye in Modern Criticism: Selected Papers From the English Institute (Book); HUMANITIES research

The article reports on the publication of Northrop Frye's "Anatomy of Criticism," in 1957 that has catapulted him as one of the most cited figures in humanities research and moved him from pastoral to epic. On September 7, 1965, the English Institute, then at Columbia University, opened its first conference on a living writer, and the subject was "Northrop Frye in Modern Criticism." Though five decades have passed by, Frye has retained his stature and the book has never been out-of-print.