October 13, 2000

'The American Classics in Context,' at Hampshire College, Surveys Formation of Literary Canon

For those readers following the twists and turns of the American literary canon, be advised that the science-fiction writer Ray Bradbury and the Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood just edged their way into that high-toned circle. Or at least, they're in it this year.

Who's in and who's out of the American literary canon is largely in the hands of the students in Eric Schocket's freshman seminar -- a course that is as much a meditation on canon formation as it

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