The Western Canon

book by Harold Bloom
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The Western Canon

Summary

The Western Canon is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (618 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Western Canon authored Harold Bloom[3].
  • The Western Canon's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Western Canon's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • The Western Canon's country of origin is recorded as United States[6].
  • The Western Canon's publication date is recorded as +1994-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • The Western Canon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/040_290[8].
  • The Western Canon's Open Library ID is recorded as OL116496W[9].
  • The Western Canon's has edition or translation is recorded as The Western Canon[10].
  • The Western Canon's main subject is recorded as Western canon[11].
  • The Western Canon's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/17/books/books-of-the-times-the-gossip-is-a-hiccup-but-the-book-a-banquet.html[12].
  • The Western Canon's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 1526769[13].
  • The Western Canon's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Western-Canon-The-Books-and-School-of-the-Ages[14].
  • The Western Canon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Western Canon'}[15].
  • The Western Canon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'Zachodni kanon'}[16].
  • The Western Canon's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Books and School of the Ages'}[17].
  • The Western Canon's OCLC work ID is recorded as 31992236[18].
  • The Western Canon's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 347796[19].

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Designation and Status

The Western Canon's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

The Western Canon ranks in the top 3% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (618 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

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  17. [19] . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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