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Broader Reading | Classic literature - Overview: Articles

What Is the Canon in Literature? (Lombardi, 2020, October 2)
"In fiction and literature, the canon is the collection of works considered representative of a period or genre. ... The accepted body of work that comprises the canon of Western literature has evolved and changed over the years, however. For centuries, it was populated primarily by white men and was not representative of Western culture as a whole. " (Lombardi, 2020, October 2)
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Narrative citations: “Lombardi” (2020, October 2) Parenthetical citations: (“Lombardi”, 2020, October 2)
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Lombardi, Esther. (2020, October 2). What Is the Canon in Literature? In ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/literary-devices-canon-740503

An elegy for the canon (Bloom, 1994)
Reflects on what constitutes a literary canon. Discussion of aesthetics; Description of William Shakespeare's works; Criticisms on subversive writers; Literary's use of rhetoric.
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Bloom, H. (1994) An elegy for the canon. World & I, 9(10), 356. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=anh&AN=9411025233&site=ehost-live&scope=site&authtype=ip,sso&custid=mggsvic
Friday essay: the literary canon is exhilarating and disturbing and we need to read it (Nelson, 2016)
"The Age of Criticism, Martin Amis once wrote, started in 1948 and ended with OPEC. ... For Amis, this was a giddy utopian time in which everybody who was anybody agreed that literature mattered. (Nelson, 2016)
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Nelson, H. (2016, April 1). Friday essay: the literary canon is exhilarating and disturbing and we need to read it. The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-the-literary-canon-is-exhilarating-and-disturbing-and-we-need-to-read-it-56610
Publishing the Classics: A Brief History. (Wilcockson, 2003)
Provides a brief history of the publication of [ancient] classic literature. (Wilcockson, 2003)
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Narrative citations: “Wilcockson” (2003) Parenthetical citations: (“Wilcockson”, 2003)
Reference list / Bibliography:Wilcockson, N. (2003). Publishing the Classics: A Brief History. History Today, 53(4), 5. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=anh&AN=9454140&site=ehost-live&scope=site&authtype=ip,sso&custid=mggsvic

Broader Reading | Classic literature - Overview: eBooks

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Classic Literature by Valerie Bodden
ISBN: 9781624023019
Publication Date: 2017
This title examines the genre of classic literature in Pride and Prejudice, The Book Thief, The Joy Luck Club, Brave New World, and The Handmaid's Tale. It features four analysis papers that consider classic literature, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the genre. Critical thinking questions, sidebars highlighting and explaining each thesis and argument, and other possible approaches for analysis help students understand the mechanics of essay writing. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index.

Broader Reading | Classic literature - Overview: Online resources

Literary Terms (Purdue online writing club, n.d.)
Includes a list of literary terms that can help you interpret, critique, and respond to a variety of different written works. This list is by no means comprehensive, but instead offers a primer to the language frequently used by scholars and students researching literary works. (Purdue online writing club, n.d.)
Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism (Purdue online writing club, n.d.)
"A very basic way of thinking about literary theory is that these ideas act as different lenses critics use to view and talk about art, literature, and even culture. These different lenses allow critics to consider works of art based on certain assumptions within that school of theory. The different lenses also allow critics to focus on particular aspects of a work they consider important." (Purdue online writing club, n.d.)