Adam Walker - Close Reading Poetry | I studied 16 poetry books across 4 centuries to make the canons @closereadingpoetry | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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An introductory video describing how I compiled the three forthcoming canons: the Foundations Canon (44 poets), the Golden Canon (88 poets), and the Silver Canon (144 poets).
Study the canons of poetry with me at Patreon.com/CloseReadingPoetry
A literary canon is a standard of judgment, a list of works agreed upon by a general consensus or readers that represents what Matthew Arnold called “the best that has been thought or said.” By reflecting the poets who have been valued by a consensus of readers, critics, scholars, editors, and other poets, these canons provide an authoritative map of discovery for self-learners, public readers, university students, and literature educators.
I aimed at discovering a ranking of poets based upon their appearances within the 16 major anthologies. Although such rankings would vary if a different set of anthologies were used, these anthologies reflect the range of literary values that have determined the principles of selection used to compile canons since before the formation of university literature departments in the nineteenth century. To that end I have selected anthologies from across four centuries. The earliest is the list of poets included in Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779–81) and the latest is the 2005 Norton Anthology of Poetry.
My Goals with these Canons: 0:00-2:17
My Method: 2:17-5:15
Sneak Peak at the Master List (1,500+ names): 5:15-6:21
The Anthologies I used: 6:22-17:40
What are the Following Canons? 17:40-1948
Join the poetry community and study literature with me at patreon.com/CloseReadingPoetry
An introductory video describing how I compiled the three forthcoming canons: the Foundations Canon (44 poets), the Golden Canon (88 poets), and the Silver Canon (144 poets).
Study the canons of poetry with me at Patreon.com/CloseReadingPoetry
A literary canon is a standard of judgment, a list of works agreed upon by a general consensus or readers that represents what Matthew Arnold called “the best that has been thought or said.” By reflecting the poets who have been valued by a consensus of readers, critics, scholars, editors, and other poets, these canons provide an authoritative map of discovery for self-learners, public readers, university students, and literature educators.
I aimed at discovering a ranking of poets based upon their appearances within the 16 major anthologies. Although such rankings would vary if a different set of anthologies were used, these anthologies reflect the range of literary values that have determined the principles of selection used to compile canons since before the formation of university literature departments in the nineteenth century. To that end I have selected anthologies from across four centuries. The earliest is the list of poets included in Samuel Johnson’s Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1779–81) and the latest is the 2005 Norton Anthology of Poetry.
My Goals with these Canons: 0:00-2:17
My Method: 2:17-5:15
Sneak Peak at the Master List (1,500+ names): 5:15-6:21
The Anthologies I used: 6:22-17:40
What are the Following Canons? 17:40-1948
