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Pages: 297
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Jonathan Brody Kramnick's book examines the formation of the English canon over the first two-thirds of the eighteenth century. Kramnick details how the idea of
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Authors: Trevor Ross
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-05-20 - Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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An indigenous canon of letters, Ross argues, had been both the hope and aim of English authors since the Middle Ages. Early authors believed that promoting the
The Western Canon
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Categories: Literary Criticism
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The literary critic defends the importance of Western literature from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Kafka and Beckett in this acclaimed national bestseller. NOMINA
The American Canon: Literary Genius from Emerson to Pynchon
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Our foremost literary critic on our most essential writers, from Emerson and Whitman to Hurston and Ellison, from Faulkner and O'Connor to Ursula K. LeGuin and
A Black British Canon?
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: G. Low
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This much-needed collection examines the formation of a black British canon including writers, dramatists, film-makers and artists. Contributors including John