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"A must read for anyone interested in how gender, popularity, and financial success affect an author's literary reputation". -- Choice. "A pioneering book. Templin demonstrates clearly that the literary canon is not only about what people like to read; it concerns what ideas and values will prevail in the society at large". -- Jay Parini, author of The Last Station. "Templin raises important issues about the peculiar position of the woman writer in the popular imagination". -Nancy A. Walker, author of Feminist Alternatives.