"Culture's essential service to a religion is to destroy intellectual idolatry, the recurrent tendency in religion to replace the object of its worship with its present understanding and forms of approach to that object."
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Northrop Frye (1912-1991) was a Canadian literary critic, theorist, and educator whose groundbreaking ideas transformed the study of literature. Born in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Frye's academic journey led him to the University of Toronto, where he became a prominent voice in literary criticism. His seminal work, "Anatomy of Criticism," published in 1957, outlined a comprehensive framework for understanding literature through archetypes and mythic structures. Frye's legacy continues to influence literary studies, underscoring the importance of context and form in the appreciation of literature.
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