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Canon
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literary canon

While not a contested term, the word canon is imbued with power and politics. Since roughly the fourth century, the term canon was used to designate those books accepted by Church authorities as having…

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Macaluso, Michael and Macaluso, Kati, “Canon”, in: Brill's Encyclopedia of Critical Understanding in Education, Series Editors: William M. Reynolds, Bard Porfilio. Consulted online on 31 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2949-7299_ECUE_COM_06006>
First published online: 2023



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