“Canon,” Theme, and Code

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Canons and Differences 1
5. Reading ‘Nasty’ Great Books 39
6. Marginality 53
7. Creative Intuition, Great Books, and Freedom of Intellect 67
8. Perplexing Lessons 85
9. Jorge Luis Borges and the Canon of English Literature 97
10. The Teaching Anthology and the Canon of American Literature 111
11. Multiple Points of View 137
12. Laocoön IV 153
13. Arnold's Legacy 181
14. “Canon,” Theme, and Code 199
15. Literary Canons and Social Value Options 215
16. Contributors 249
17. Index 253