Canon vs. culture : reflections on the current debate
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Canon vs. culture : reflections on the current debate
（Wellesley studies in critical theory, literary history and culture）
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016
- : pbk
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"First published in 2001 by Garland Publishing, Inc."--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Canon Vs. Culture explores the consequences of one of the main educational shifts of the last quarter century-- the changes from academic inquiry conducted through a selected list of accepted authorities to an investigation of the cultural operations of an entire society.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Why the Revolution Happened
- Chapter 1 Opening the American Mind, William E. Cain
- Chapter 2 Canon Fodder, Jessica Munns
- Chapter 3 Curricular Shifts in the Study and Teaching of French, Philip Thody
- Part 2 Old Canons/New Disciplines
- Chapter 4 No Contest, No History, Geoffrey Hawthorn
- Chapter 5 Accounting for Differences, Bernth Lindfors
- Chapter 6 The Politics of Poetics, Sandra Lea Meek
- Part 3 The Canon as Historical Phenomenon
- Chapter 7 The Origin of the Concept of a Canon and Its Application to the Greek and Latin Classics, George A. Kennedy
- Chapter 8 The Land Where the Canon B(l)ooms:, Jeffrey L. Sammons
- Chapter 9 Canon and the Traditions of Musical Culture, William Weber
- Part 4 Old Canons / New Readings
- Chapter 10 Dances with Daffodils, J. Edward Chamberlin
- Chapter 11 Intertextuality and Dialogue, James A. Sanders
- Chapter 12 Reflections on the Eighteenth-Century Canon, Jan Gorak
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