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Depends on what you see as the point of literature. Rebekah Send a noteboard - 24/01/2012 08:14:07 AM
The point is that getting so tied up in knots over the "quality of writing" and if it is <Harvard accent> literature </Harvard accent> or not is foolish.

If it's only about making money, then sure. If Literature is Art, then not at all.
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
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1961 Nobel Finalists: J.R.R. Tolkien - 19/01/2012 09:27:46 AM 1125 Views
It's difficult to assess Tolkien's relative merits then 51 years later. - 19/01/2012 02:41:52 PM 754 Views
Yes, Edwardian prose does not thrill me - 19/01/2012 02:58:00 PM 717 Views
Re: Yes, Edwardian prose does not thrill me - 19/01/2012 03:34:02 PM 581 Views
Re: Yes, Edwardian prose does not thrill me - 19/01/2012 03:45:07 PM 687 Views
Yet Jung personally was contemptuous of Joyce - 19/01/2012 06:41:58 PM 563 Views
Tolkein is an excellent example why I usually dismiss literary critics/critiques - 23/01/2012 05:57:51 PM 826 Views
There's a lot more to it than that. - 23/01/2012 07:20:30 PM 692 Views
True - 23/01/2012 07:57:42 PM 677 Views
You can't dismiss his impact, even if you do not like his storytelling. - 23/01/2012 07:40:19 PM 746 Views
Who is dismissing that he influenced millions well after 1961? - 23/01/2012 07:54:27 PM 676 Views
That's an odd argument - 23/01/2012 07:51:49 PM 760 Views
Not really - 23/01/2012 10:35:39 PM 613 Views
Eh... - 24/01/2012 12:40:37 AM 637 Views
Depends on what you see as the point of literature. - 24/01/2012 08:14:07 AM 597 Views
the point of literature. - 24/01/2012 01:30:28 PM 707 Views
NO - 24/01/2012 02:05:11 PM 579 Views
Re: NO - 25/01/2012 02:54:57 PM 575 Views

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