Cheerskep: I wouldn't argue the significance of any of the authors in your
list. I do quibble with the designation "popular". William has previously
referred to the proportion of the population which was literate in the past.
If only monks can read, I question whether there would be a popular
literature of the time. Further, I wonder if there was a "Peyton Place" of
say, 1713: literature which was read by many but has not remained as part of
any canon as it hasn't been respected by scholars or critics.
Geoff C
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Subject: Re: The Long Life of popular art?
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 11:24:34 EST
In a message dated 11/4/08 10:41:40 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Popular fiction from the 19th C. -- but anything earlier than 1800 ?
>
Lots -- Swift, Defoe, Fielding, Richardson, Sterne, Andrews, Smollett,
Burney, Radcliffe, Voltaire, Rousseau, deLaclos, Prevost, et al. Still
earlier:
Cervantes, Rabelais.
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