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Work, as we usually think of it, is energy expended for a further end in view; play is energy expended for its own sake, as with children's play, or as manifestation of the end or goal of work, as in "playing" chess or the piano. Play in this sense, then, is the fulfillment of work, the exhibition of what the work has been done for.

Northrop Frye

Northrop Frye

Northrop Frye

Born: July 14, 1912

Died: January 23, 1991 (aged 78)

Bio: Herman Northrop Frye was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century.

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