Northrop Frye (1912–1991) Canadian literary critic and literary theorist
Source: "Quotes", The Great Code: The Bible and Literature (1982), Chapter Three, p. 58
“The primary and literal meaning of the Bible, then, is its centripetal or poetic meaning.”
Source: "Quotes", The Great Code: The Bible and Literature (1982), Chapter Three, p. 61
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