... taken on a similar nature to the biblical canon. The word originates from kanon' a Greek word meaning instrument of measure and has developed to connote a list of important authors and their works, concerned with sorting the "orthodox from the heretical- . If this metaphor is applied to the literary canon it would suggest, sorting the wheat from the chaff: this means that a decision is taken at ... simply contained all the works of authors over time, so a list must be created by disseminating texts by their "goodness- . Texts become increasingly reproducible if they are popular with the...

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... life. According to Christopher Isherwood, the author of "The Grapes of Wrath as Propaganda,"" he believes just that, The Grapes of Wrath was a form of political propaganda. Isherwood asks the reader, "Why isn't The Grapes of Wrath entirely satisfying as a work of art?- The answer is fairly simple. While most renowned novels and other literary works possess some form of propaganda, it is usually so disguised that the ... instances where these people lived in squalid conditions in camps called "Hoovervilles."" The social plight of the unemployed farm workers during the late 1930's was ver...

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... being able to see the whole room, the whole picture" (Ordinary People 183). In Judith Guest's novel, Ordinary People, she unravels the truth of a modern family, exposing every crack and secret that lies inside. Ordinary People explores the realistic struggles families' face every day while glossing each page with ... , Ordinary People, became first on the bestseller list. She went from being turned down and told her story was not good enough, to being an author of the most successful book published in 1976. Many people would give up after being denied of their dreams over and over. What ...

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