The Western Canon

Target entity: The Western Canon
Context triple: [Harold Bloom, notableWork, The Western Canon]

• A. A Fable for Critics
  A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
• B. In the Twilight of Western Thought
  In the Twilight of Western Thought is a philosophical work by Herman Dooyeweerd that critically analyzes the foundations and limitations of Western rationalist and humanist thought from a Christian philosophical perspective.
• C. The Bounds of Sense
  The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
• D. Roots of Western Culture
  Roots of Western Culture is a philosophical work by Herman Dooyeweerd that analyzes the religious and ideological foundations shaping Western civilization.
• E. On Beauty
  On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith that explores family, race, class, and academia through the intertwined lives of two rival intellectual families in a New England college town.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: The Western Canon
Target entity description: The Western Canon is Harold Bloom’s influential critical study that defends and analyzes a core tradition of Western literature through close readings of major authors from Shakespeare to the 20th century.

• A. A Fable for Critics
  A Fable for Critics is a satirical poem by James Russell Lowell that humorously critiques and caricatures his contemporary American authors and the literary scene of his time.
• B. In the Twilight of Western Thought
  In the Twilight of Western Thought is a philosophical work by Herman Dooyeweerd that critically analyzes the foundations and limitations of Western rationalist and humanist thought from a Christian philosophical perspective.
• C. The Bounds of Sense
  The Bounds of Sense is a major work of analytic philosophy by P. F. Strawson that critically examines and partially reconstructs Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason.
• D. Roots of Western Culture
  Roots of Western Culture is a philosophical work by Herman Dooyeweerd that analyzes the religious and ideological foundations shaping Western civilization.
• E. On Beauty
  On Beauty is a 2005 novel by British author Zadie Smith that explores family, race, class, and academia through the intertwined lives of two rival intellectual families in a New England college town.
• F. None of above. chosen