Failure to grasp centrifugal meaning is incomplete reading;… - Northrop Frye

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Failure to grasp centrifugal meaning is incomplete reading; failure to grasp centripetal meaning is incompetent reading.

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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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Failure to grasp centrifugal meaning is incomplete reading; failure to grasp centripetal meaning is incompetent reading. - Northrop Frye

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