established itself as a standard work

[hhtt21]

""This work is largely based on the late Professor Emile Legouis's A Short History of English Literature, which was first published in 1934 and which has established itself as a standard work."

Source: An Introduction to English Literature.

I cannot understand the part "established itself as a standard work." Would you please explain it?

Thank you.

 

[teechar]

Take a look at entry #2 in the link below.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/establish

 

[hhtt21]

Take a look at entry #2 in the link below.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/establish

I have looked it but would you explain that phrase in a different way?

Can we say "it has become a standard work"?

Thank you.

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes.

 

[hhtt21]

How can we express this idea using attain in an idiomatic way?

Thank you.

 

[GoesStation]

... Which has attained the status of a major work.

 

[hhtt21]

... Which has attained the status of a major work.

"... which has attained itself to a standard work"?

Thank you.

 

[Rover_KE]

Definitely not.

 

[hhtt21]

... Which has attained the status of a major work.

Is this also idiomatic?

"... which has attained a major work status." I think this is easier to say yours because it is more straigthforward.

Thank you.

 

[andrewg927]

Is this also idiomatic?

"... which has attained a major work status." I think this is easier to say yours because it is more straigthforward.

Thank you.

This work is largely based on the late Professor Emile Legouis's A Short History of English Literature, which was first published in 1934 and which has attained a major work status.


I don't think the way you wanted to phrase it means the way it was intended.

 

[hhtt21]

This work is largely based on the late Professor Emile Legouis's A Short History of English Literature, which was first published in 1934 and which has attained a major work status.


I don't think the way you wanted to phrase it means the way it was intended.

What is the difference?

Thank you.

 

[GoesStation]

Is this also idiomatic?

"... which has attained a major work status." I think this is easier to say than yours because it is more straightforward.

It doesn't work. It has attained a certain kind of status. What kind? The status of a major work. If major-work existed as a compound adjective, you could use the hyphenated phrase before "status". It doesn't, so you can't.

 

[andrewg927]

What is the difference?

Thank you.

If you leave out "major," then it becomes "...which has attained a work status." What is a work status? It does not make sense.

 

[Tdol]

Or which has become a classic/standard work/book/reference.