The Double Vision: Language and Meaning in Religion by Northrup Frye (1991). Frye was one of the outstanding literary critics and scholars of the 20th century, and he published a large number of works, including The Anatomy of Criticism, The Great Code, and Fearful Symmetry, his fascinating study of William Blake, each of which I’ve read with great pleasure and reward. However, this small book really captures what for me is most intriguing about his work, this sense of “double vision”. It’s hard to describe, but the book holds many rewards for those who plunge in to it.
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