''The Well-Tempered Critic'' is a collection of essays by the Canadian

literary critic Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...

Northrop Frye. The collection was originally published in Bloomington, Indiana, by the

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in 1963. The collection presents lectures delivered by Frye at the University of Virginia in March 1961 for the Page-Barbour Foundation, with a certain amount of expansion and some revisions.

References

*Frye, Northrop. ''The Well-Tempered Critic''; Bloomington: Indiana University Press, *Frye, Northrop. ''The Well-Tempered Critic''; Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, (1983 re-issue) 1963 non-fiction books Books by Northrop Frye Indiana University Press books Canadian essay collections Books of lectures Books about literature {{lit-book-stub