Pleasure and change : the aesthetics of canon / Frank Kermode with commentaries by Geoffrey Hartman, John Guillory, Carey Perloff ; edited and introduced by Robert Alter.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kermode, Frank, 1919-2010
Other Authors: Alter, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2004.
Series:Berkeley Tanner lectures.
Subjects:
Canon (Literature)
Literature > Psychological aspects.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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.

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