Editing Northrop Frye (section)

===Academic and writing career===
Frye rose to international prominence as a result of his first book, ''[[Fearful Symmetry (Frye)|Fearful Symmetry]]'', published in 1947. Until then, the prophetic poetry of [[William Blake]] had long been poorly understood, and considered by some to be delusional ramblings. Frye found in it a system of metaphor derived from ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' and the [[Bible]]. His study of Blake's poetry was a major contribution to the subject. Moreover, Frye outlined an innovative manner of studying literature that was to deeply influence the study of literature in general. He was a major influence on [[Harold Bloom]], [[Margaret Atwood]], and others.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

In 1974–1975 Frye was the Norton professor at [[Harvard University]]. But his primary position was as a professor at the University of Toronto, and then chancellor of Victoria College in the University of Toronto.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://library.vicu.utoronto.ca/collections/special_collections/f11_northrop_frye|title=Northrop Frye Fonds 11 |website=E.J. Pratt Library |access-date=29 October 2019}}</ref>

Northrop Frye did not have a PhD.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://figureground.ca/interviews/b-w-powe/ |title=B. W. Powe &#124; Figure/Ground Communication |access-date=2012-07-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701091351/http://figureground.ca/interviews/b-w-powe/ |archive-date=2012-07-01 }}</ref>

The intelligence service of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] spied on Frye, watching his participation in the anti–Vietnam War movement, an academic forum about China, and activism to end South African apartheid.<ref name=RCMP>{{cite news|title=RCMP spied on Northrop Frye|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/rcmp-spied-on-northrop-frye-1.1105512|access-date=26 September 2014|agency=CBC News|date=24 July 2011}}</ref>