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
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
Each seemed finely wrought, such as an early one in which a short stretch of canonic layering suavely morphed into a Minimalist pulse before dissolving into a series of strangely harmonized sighs.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2018
In the classroom, I had learned to think of writing as canonic, penned by giants.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2016
This example alone would sufficiently corroborate the statement that the firmness of structure inherent in the canonic form is perfectly compatible with genuine freedom and poetry of inspiration.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding
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