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From: cw@vaxwaller.UUCP (Carl Weidling)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Re: Canons
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Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 15:54:57 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 20 15:54:57 1984
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	The idea of a canon implies a series of books around
a central character, setting, theme or whatever.  The first
person I know of to do that was James Fenimore Cooper with his
books about Natty Bumpo,"The Last of the Mohicans","The Deerslayer",
etc.  Whether a society of devotees was ever formed or not I don't
know, but I gather he was pretty popular in the 19th century so I
wouldn't be surprised if some group weren't formed.
				Regards,
				Carl Weidling