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artificiality PREFACE xxvii of the proceeding, each period has its own priorities and distinctive character. Nor has the conventional ‘canon’ of great authors been overturned: whatever their reasons, most readers still prefer the tragedy of Phèdre to be told by Racine rather than Quinault. On the other hand, the concept of literature now includes forms of expression which until recently, because they did not wear a tie, were denied entry to polite literary society: regional writing, crime fiction