Northrop Frye Quote

The mark of a great writer: who sees his own time, but with a detachment that makes him communicable to other ages.


Late Notebooks, 1982–1990: Architecture of the Spiritual World (2002)


The mark of a great writer: who sees his own time, but with a detachment that makes him communicable to other ages.

The mark of a great writer: who sees his own time, but with a detachment that makes him communicable to other ages.

The mark of a great writer: who sees his own time, but with a detachment that makes him communicable to other ages.

The mark of a great writer: who sees his own time, but with a detachment that makes him communicable to other ages.