Visiting theory: the Northrup Frye Visiting Professorship at the University of Toronto

One of the most enduring testaments to the legacy of Northrop Frye at the University of Toronto is the program in Comparative Literature and more particularly its commitment to Literary Theory. This paper provides a history of the Northrop Frye Visiting Professorship in Literary Theory, which has allowed for some of the most important theorists of literature and culture to hold the chair and introduce their ideas to members of the Centre for Comparative Literature and the University as a whole.Peer reviewedPublished Online. Full text from Project Muse is available to BU community members via the DOI. Off-campus users must ensure that they are logged into the proxy server for access.literary theorycomparative literatureUniversity of TorontoNorthrup Fry