The question of the canon has been the subject of debate in
academic circles for over fifteen years. Pleasure and Change
contains two lectures on this important subject by the
distinguished literary critic Sir Frank Kermode. In essays that
were originally delivered as Tanner Lectures at Berkeley in
November of 2001, Kermode reinterprets the question of canon
formation in light of two related and central notions: pleasure and
change. He asks how aesthetic pleasure informs what we find
valuable, and how this perception changes over time. Kermode also
explores the role of chance, observing the connections between
canon formation and unintentional and sometimes even random
circumstance. Geoffrey Hartmann (Yale University), John Guillory
(New York University), and Carey Perloff (director of the American
Conservatory Theatre) offer incisive comments on these essays, to
which Kermode responds in a lively rejoinder. The volume begins
with a helpful introduction by Robert Alter. The result is a
stimulating and accessible discussion of a highly significant
cultural debate.
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