Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "The Western Canon" in English language version.
The list was not my idea. It was the idea of the publisher, the editor, and my agents. I fought it. I finally gave up. I hated it. I did it off the top of my head. I left out a lot of things that should be there and I probably put in a couple of things that I now would like to kick out. ...people reviewed and attacked the list and didn't read the book...I wish I had nothing to do with it.
The list was not my idea. It was the idea of the publisher, the editor, and my agents. I fought it. I finally gave up. I hated it. I did it off the top of my head. I left out a lot of things that should be there and I probably put in a couple of things that I now would like to kick out. ...people reviewed and attacked the list and didn't read the book...I wish I had nothing to do with it.