[HN Gopher] Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Centur...
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       Stranger Than Fiction: Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel
        
       Author : samclemens
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2024-12-15 04:06 UTC (18 hours ago)
        
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       | publicola1990 wrote:
       | The author seems to take offense on the book under review
       | considering 20th century novels under a purely literary
       | perspective without taking an ideological position.
        
         | hagbard_c wrote:
         | The author sounds like a priest from a waning religion reacting
         | in a disgruntled way to some outside upstart who, in his eyes,
         | trespasses upon grounds only to be trod by the anointed. How
         | dare he describe the world without guidance from _Academics_ ,
         | without referring to their guidance on how to interpret these
         | works? Nay, not even a single criticism of _British
         | imperialism_ , not to mention the lack of _geographical equity
         | in representation_.
         | 
         | Hear that sound, Bruce? Feel those vibrations? It is the
         | foundations of your institution, crumbling under your feet.
        
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