Robert D. Denham pursues his quest to uncoverthe links between Northrop Frye and writers and otherswho directly influenced his thinking but about whomhe did not write an extensive commentary. The first chapter is about Frye's reading of Patanjali,the founder of the philosophy of Hindu yoga, whilethe second, discusses cultural mythographerGiambattista Vico, literary history and poetic language. The focus of Frye's criticism was the verbal arts,but he also had an abiding interest in both the visualarts and music; hence Frye's admiration of J.S. Bach.The essay on Tolkien examines the tendency in literaryhistory to return from irony to myth, as well as the rolethat Tolkien played in Frye's fiction-writing fantasies. In subsequent chapters, Denham explores Frye'spreference for romance and his critique of realism,which run parallel to the views of Oscar Wilde, and theirstrong shared convictions about the centripetal thrustof art, and about criticism being as creative as literature.Frye's appreciation for Whitehead's conceptof interpenetration in Science in the Modern Worldbecame a key feature of Frye's speculations about thehighest reaches of literature and religion. Frye is clearlyindebted to Martin Buber, particularly his influentialmeditation I and Thou. Aristotle, an important influenceupon Frye, was partially filtered through R.S. Craneand his The Languages of Criticism and the Structureof Poetry. Finally, the relationship between Fryeand his Oxford tutor Edmund Blunden are explored,while the last is an essay on Frye and M.H. Abramson how Frye's critical project might be vieweddeveloped in Abrams's The Mirror and the Lamp.This book is published in English.-Robert D. Denham poursuit son examen d'ecrivains et autres influences qui ont marque l'eminent critique Northrop Frye, mais sur lesquels celui-ci n'avait pas consacre de reflexions tres developpees. Le premier chapitre porte sur la lecture que fait Frye de Patanjali, le fondateur de la philosophie du yoga hindou, et le deuxieme, sur le mythographe culturel Giambattista Vico, l'histoire litteraire et le langage poetique. Frye s'interessait aux arts visuels et a la musique et Denham approfondit l'influence de J.S. Bach sur Frye. Le chapitre sur Tolkien porte sur la tendance en histoire litteraire de passer de l'ironie au mythe, mais aussi sur l'ascendant de Tolkien sur la fiction fantaisiste de Frye. Dans les chapitres suivants, Denham explore la preference de Frye pour le romantique et sa critique du realisme, qui trouvent echo chez Oscar Wilde, de meme que leur conviction, partagee, de l'importance de l'art, et de la critique comme etant aussi creative que la litterature. L'admiration de Frye pour le concept d'interpenetration presente dans le Science in the Modern World de Whitehead est devenue un element cle des reflexions de Frye sur la portee de la litterature et de la religion. Denham explore aussi le lien entre Frye et Martin Buber, dont la meditation I and Thou l'a beaucoup inspire, et celui entre Frye et R.S. Crane, qui parle beaucoup d'Aristote dans son ouvrage The Languages of Criticism and the Structure of Poetry. Le chapitre 9 explore la relation entre Frye et son tuteur d'Oxford, Edmund Blunden, alors que le dernier chapitre porte sur Frye et M.H. Abrams, et notamment sur le projet critique de Frye compris a la lumiere du cadre sur la theorie critique developpe par Abrams dans The Mirror and the Lamp.Ce livre est publie en anglais.