An indigenous canon of letters, Ross argues, had been both the hope and aim of English authors since the Middle Ages. Early authors believed that promoting the

Jonathan Brody Kramnick's book examines the formation of the English canon over the first two-thirds of the eighteenth century. Kramnick details how the idea of

It is widely accepted among literary scholars that canon-formation began in the eighteenth century when scholarly editions and critical treatments of older work

The literary critic defends the importance of Western literature from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Kafka and Beckett in this acclaimed national bestseller. NOMINA

This much-needed collection examines the formation of a black British canon including writers, dramatists, film-makers and artists. Contributors including John