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Re:The Western Canon by Harold Bloom (2011) by the_bowme on Saturday January 04, 2020 @10:35AM (#21955390)
Seems like a clear disavowal of the list itself, although not of the concept of a canon altogether.
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Re:The Western Canon by Harold Bloom (2011) by valvar on Saturday January 04, 2020 @11:30AM (#21955753)
Bloom was one of the greatest proponents of the concept of the canon as such, but it is not my impression that he thought of it as some neat shopping list.
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