canonic
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On that subject, Ross is most persuasive in his close readings of canonic post-Wagnerian literature, particularly Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past,” Joyce’s “Ulysses,” Virginia Woolf’s “The Waves” and the novels of Mann.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2020
And yet this is no simple countercultural potshot; it’s a tender, even loving humanization of a canonic composer, just as allergy-prone as the rest of us.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2020
However, a parallel narrative universe exists that is the game’s “real” version of events: each Tekken game has a canon winner, and this canonic story focuses on the Mishima family blood feud.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2020
In the classroom, I had learned to think of writing as canonic, penned by giants.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2016
There is strength if not beauty—the old canonic beauty—and in the place of the latter may be found rich colour.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker
