How can I add a class attribute to an HTML element generated by MVC’s HTML Helpers?

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ASP.NET MVC can generate HTML elements using HTML Helpers, for example @Html.ActionLink(), @Html.BeginForm() and so on.

I know I can specify form attributes by creating an anonymous object and pass that object for the (fourth in this case) htmlAttributes parameter where specifying an id for the element: 

Html.BeginForm("Foo", "Bar", FormMethod.Post, new { id = "MyForm"})

But what about the class attribute? Obviously this does not work:

Html.BeginForm("Foo", "Bar", FormMethod.Post, new { class = "myclass"})

As that just throws random syntax errors when my view is requested, because it expects something else after encountering the C# keyword class.

I’ve also tried:

new { _class = "myclass"}

and 

new { class_ = "myclass"}

But they also did not work, as the underscores get replaced by dashes.

I know that I can just as well write the HTML elements by hand or wrap the form inside a <div class="myClass">, but I’d still be interested to know how it is supposed to be done.

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