Which poet's work did Frye reinterpret in his first book?
T.S. Eliot
Robert Frost
William Blake
John Keats
Answer
William Blake was the subject of Frye's first book, "Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake." Frye's reinterpretation of Blake's work focused on the poet's use of myth and symbolism, arguing that Blake's poetry was a complex and coherent system of thought that explored the relationship between the individual and the divine.
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