Northrop Frye (1912–1991)

Herman Northrop Frye CC FRSC was a Canadian educator, literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century. Frye gained international fame with his first book, Fearful Symmetry, which led to the reinterpretation of the poetry of William Blake. Frye also wrote much on Canadian literature and culture. His lasting reputation rests principally on the theory of literary criticism that he developed in Anatomy of Criticism (1957), one of the most important works of literary theory published in the twentieth century.