If there's such thing as a western canon to the point that it is ubiquitously taught and discussed in the highest forums, how is there no definitive list?
Because there is no such thing.
blooms is definitive until something better comes up
now shut up
>>9639699
I don't understand.
>>9639740
Why did he disavow it?
The definitive list is what is in all the lists, like Homer and the Bible
We know it's real but we don't know exactly what's in it, like Colonel Sanders' Secret Recipe.
>>9639695
Because nobody has actually read all the books they like to include in it.
>>9639695
There is no definitive list because what you call "western canon" doesn't exist, "western canon" is just a conventional expression, a way to say "the best books written in the western world". If you think there is a holy document that contains those books, you're more retarded than a fucking piece of dog shit.
>>9639986
And I'm even sorry to be that rude, OP, because I actually find your pic related so beautiful and graceful, so cute -- but you deserved it.