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marxalot's avatar

My theory about Colonial-era American writers was that they weren't even good at the time, they just had an in with someone who owned a printing press and that's all it took; and that since a lot of copies got made and sold, those tedious, stilted hacks got inflicted on a basically captive audience. Do a couple reprint editions and fifty years later, they're the "American canon."

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Brian Bixby's avatar

Ever read much Victorian literature? While Jane Austin and some others are still remembered the vast majority was absolute dreck.

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