I'm guessing you mean "canon" in this sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_canon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_canon but I'm less familiar wit

I'm guessing you mean "canon" in this sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_canon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_canon but I'm less familiar with this term. How is "canon" different than "classic", except perhaps w.r.t. the passage of time?