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Is this book actually worth the read if the reader is already highly critical of the predominantly white, male and Eurocentric bias of the English-language literary canon?

James Denison Yes! It is written from a decidedly leftist and anti-hegemonic point of view but also critiques what the author sees as the inadequacies of the way th…moreYes! It is written from a decidedly leftist and anti-hegemonic point of view but also critiques what the author sees as the inadequacies of the way the left has framed the problems of the "canon" and the "crisis of the humanities".(less)

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