canon

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Meatloaf is the most underrated order in the steakhouse canon.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

“Rumpelstiltskin” is surely one of the more peculiar tales in the Brothers Grimm canon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

It’s still going to be Professor Barrett at the chalkboard explaining the difference between a substantive canon and a rule of statutory construction.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2026

But “Hamnet’s” emphasis is on the circumstances that may have led Shakespeare to write one of the greatest plays in the Western canon.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

His lyric, among the most famous in the Nahuatl canon, answers its own question: Not forever on earth; only a little while here.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann