The ups and downs of this cosmos may sometimes be acknowledged to be metaphorical ups and downs, but until about Newton's time most people took the "up" of heaven and the "down" of hell to be more or less descriptive.
Northrop FryeThe world of literature is a world where there is no reality except that of the human imagination.
Northrop FryeNobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to learned and worked at.
Northrop FryeA person who knows nothing about literature may be an ignoramus, but many people don't mind being that.
Northrop Frye