Man is constantly building anxiety-structures, like geodesic domes, around his social and religious institutions. - Northrop Frye

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Man is constantly building anxiety-structures, like geodesic domes, around his social and religious institutions.

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About Northrop Frye

Herman Northrop Frye (14 July 1912 – 23 January 1991) was a Canadian literary critic and literary theorist, considered one of the most influential of the 20th century.

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