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Canons by Consensus
2011
Overview
The first systematic analysis of American literature
textbooks used by college instructors in the last
century Scholars have long noted the role that college
literary anthologies play in the rising and falling reputations
of American authors.
Canons by Consensus examines this classroom fixture in
detail to challenge and correct a number of assumptions about
the development of the literary canon throughout the 20th
century.
Joseph Csicsila analyzes more than 80 anthologies published
since 1919 and traces not only the critical fortunes of
individual authors, but also the treatment of entire genres and
groupings of authors by race, region, gender, and formal
approach. In doing so, he calls into question accusations of
deliberate or inadvertent sexism and racism. Selections by
anthology editors, Csicsila demonstrates, have always been
governed far more by prevailing trends in academic criticism
than by personal bias.
Academic anthologies are found to constitute a rich and
often overlooked resource for studying American literature, as
well as an irrefutable record of the academy’s changing
literary tastes throughout the last century.
Publisher
University of Alabama Press
Subject
ISBN
0817313974, 9780817313975, 9780817358679, 0817358676
