Pleasure and change : the aesthetics of canon /

The question of canon has been the subject of debate in academic circles for over 15 years. This book contains two lectures on this important subject by Sir Frank Kermode who reinterprets the question of canon formation in light of two related and central notions: pleasure and change.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kermode, Frank, 1919-2010
Other Authors:	Alter, Robert
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, ©2004.
Series:	Berkeley Tanner lectures.
Subjects:	Canon (Literature) Literature > Psychological aspects. Chefs-d'œuvre (Littérature) Littérature > Aspect psychologique. TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary. LITERARY CRITICISM > General. Literature > Psychological aspects Letterkunde. Canon. Esthetica. 17.89 literary theory: other. Litteratur > Litteraturvidenskab og alment. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Robert Alter
Pleasure and change / Frank Kermode
The passing of the canon / Geoffrey Hartman
It must be abstract / John Guillory
The artist and the canon / Carey Perloff
On the comments of the discussants / Frank Kermode.