Loose Canons (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Essays; current affairs; literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Essays, Current affairs
- Subjects: African Americans, History, Blacks, Race, Interracial relationships, Literature, Ethnic groups
Much ink has been spilled amid the recent sound and fury over “political correctness,” freedom of thought on campus, and what kinds of literature and history should be taught in American universities. With this collection of ten uniformly strong, thought-provoking essays, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., fires an articulate volley across the bows of those on both sides who would simplify the question of what constitutes the “canon” and who would prescribe curricula in coercive and unhelpful ways.
Gates, a distinguished critic of American literature and culture at large, is one of...
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