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It means the official story and facts, as found in the book.
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Canon, is religious law and so as it relates to books it could be a religious text.
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In terms of literature, the canon refers to a collection of books that is "generally accepted as representing a field."
For example, the canon of Western literature may include books like "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Moby Dick," and lots of stuff from Shakespeare, Henry James, John Steinbeck, etc. Stephen King -- not so much.
There's no one master list of all the books in the canon. Different people have different ideas. Rule of thumb -- if it's old and not particularly fun to read, there's a good chance it's in the canon.
Mike
The links between literature and religion are vast and numerous - canon is merely one of those. Back in the olden times, when Biblical texts were still being determined as acceptable or not, certain texts made the cut and others did not. The gospel which contains the story of Jesus making clay figures of doves and inspiring them with life, unfortunately, did not make it. When it comes to literature it's not much different: some stories make it into what's known as the canon, and others do not. Sometimes the reasons are less than crystal clear but otherwise, the scrupulous reader can tell immediately why "The Ghost of Tarquin" isn't as frequently read as Shakespeare's "The Rape of Lucrece."
When it comes down to it, the question of whether a text is canonical has to do with value. We can all appreciate a handbag or a car with a certain pricetag or label on it. Whether or not something has been canonized means that knowledgable others have looked at the item and determined its place within the metrics of literature.
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