{"product_id":"canons-by-consensus-critical-trends-and-american-literature-anthologies-paperback-softback-9780817358679","title":"Canons by Consensus; Critical Trends and American Literature Anthologies (Paperback \/ softback) 9780817358679","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCanons by Consensus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCritical Trends and American Literature Anthologies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph Csicsila (Author), Tom Quirk (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780817358679\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 May 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 14.9 x 2.2 cm, 0.446 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a landmark resource. . . . Professor Csicsila's most important achievement is to clarify the ways in which the canon of the first part of the 20th century has remained largely intact, still central to the visions of Americanists as a new century begins.\"\" —George Perkins, editor of \u003cem\u003eThe American Tradition in Literature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Csicsila's excellent study astutely discerns the shifting paradigms in nearly a century of college classroom texts, in the process overturning many notions about the supposed biases of literary anthology editors.  \u003cem\u003eCanons by Consensus\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how a teaching tool long taken for granted can serve as an invaluable index to academic movements and fads.\"\" —Alan Gribben, author of \u003cem\u003eMark Twain's Library: A Reconstruction\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eScholars have long noted the role that college literary anthologies play in the rising and falling reputations of American authors. \u003cem\u003eCanons by Consensus\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcademic 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574353031448,"sku":"9780817358679","price":20.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/canons-by-consensus-critical-trends-and-american-literature-anthologies-paperback-softback-9780817358679","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}