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ERIC Number: EJ329500
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Women and the Question of Canonicity.
Aiken, Susan Hardy
College English, v48 n3 p288-301 Mar 1986
Tells how the traditional Anglo-American literary cannon has historically functioned as a paternal edifice, erected on a "plot" that has contained and maintained itself by either keeping women out or keeping them in secondary and dependent positions. Considers revision as a solution. (EL)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Educational Theories, Females, Feminism, Literature, Sex Bias
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Womens Literature