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Yuval Sharon Reimagines the Canon
In the director Yuval Sharon’s book “A New Philosophy of Opera,” he reflects on the plight of contemporary artists interpreting classic…
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The Country That Made Its Own Canon
When the list was released in the fall, the selections seemed to confirm detractors’ fears. This vision of Sweden was antiquated,…
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The Man Who Helped Make the American Literary Canon
In the nineteen-thirties and forties, young book critics on the make used to crowd outside the office of Malcolm Cowley, the literary…