If impact on one's contemporaries is the test of _____ , Flann O'Brien's The Third Policeman cannot be said to be among the most significant postmodern novels, as it went unpublished and unread for 27 years. The literary theorist Keith though, appeals to standards other than peer  influence  when he argues persuasively that The Third Policeman is among the most important of early postmodern works, not least because of its deep subversion of both enlightenment and modern traditions in literature.
Choices: eminence, modishness, conversance
Answer: eminence