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In:The Hospitable Canon: Essays on literary play, scholarly choice, and popular pressures
Edited by Virgil Nemoianu and Robert Royal
[Cultura Ludens 4] 1991
► pp. v–vi

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Published online: 21 June 1991
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Table of contents

Forewordvii
Canons and Differences1
Reading ‘Nasty’ Great Books39
Marginality: Stickball, Narcissus, and the Demands of Faith53
Creative Intuition, Great Books, and Freedom of Intellect67
Perplexing Lessons: Is There a Core Tradition in the Humanities?85
Jorge Luis Borges and the Canon of English Literature97
The Teaching Anthology and the Canon of American Literature: Some Notes on Theory in Practice111
Multiple Points of View: A Study of French Comparative Literature Syllabi137
Laocoön IV: An Essay Upon the Pragmatics of Art and the Limits of Criticism153
Arnold's Legacy: Religious Rhetoric of Critics on the Literary Canon181
“Canon,” Theme, and Code199
Literary Canons and Social Value Options215
Contributors249
Index253
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