I'm suffering from "tip of the tongue" phenomena for the past three
days...Please help...I am looking for the word that is used to
describe the "approved" literature books that are used at the
university level....It is known that woman and minority writers have
fought the .........for years trying to get accepted....What the heck
is it??  I have almost blurted it out several times but just can't
seem to get it beyond the very back of my brain....Help!!  I'll know
the word when I see it...Thanks

Hello Seedy,

I think you're probably thinking of the word "canon."

See this definition on Contemporarylit.about.com:
http://contemporarylit.about.com/library/bldef-canon.htm

search strategy: canon, literary, literature

I hope this helps.

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Request for Answer Clarification by seedy-ga on 25 Aug 2002 16:23 PDT

juggler:

You don't know how close I was to remembering this word and concept. 
I almost choked on the word several times but couldn't bring it up. 
Must be my age and all...Thanks again..

seedy

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 25 Aug 2002 16:50 PDT

Well, thank you. I'm glad I was able to help.

I suffer the tip-of-the-tongue thing myself fairly frequently.

Thanks again.
-juggler

Prompt...accurate...Thanks to juggler, I can sleep tonight...seedy