tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879042817109440814.post5116227096657054568..comments2023-12-24T04:44:33.742-08:00Comments on Books, Memes, and Musings: Booking Through Thursday - LiteratureBookGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05137723640145816276noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879042817109440814.post-92146242250150056032008-04-08T20:52:00.000-07:002008-04-08T20:52:00.000-07:00In today's authors I tend to shy away from "litera...In today's authors I tend to shy away from "literature" because it seems to mean little plot and lots of purple prose. I like good story first and good writing second. I'd like to go back to a definition of literature as great stories with great writing. Otherwise literature tends to become just another genre.J Scott Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03151922526673687869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879042817109440814.post-35042012447459196832008-04-05T11:53:00.000-07:002008-04-05T11:53:00.000-07:00So perhaps we could equate literature with pornogr...So perhaps we could equate literature with pornography...difficult to define, but we know it when we see it! ;-)trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688001590373132381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879042817109440814.post-16159446234722692442008-04-04T08:44:00.000-07:002008-04-04T08:44:00.000-07:00Yes! I agree that we readers can "feel" literatur...Yes! I agree that we readers can "feel" literature even when we can't define it -- which is probably why it is such an interesting topic!kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290187894859366527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879042817109440814.post-25008233668743904012008-04-04T06:32:00.000-07:002008-04-04T06:32:00.000-07:00This question is really interesting to me and I've...This question is really interesting to me and I've had fun browsing the answers. I certainly thing Atwood and McCarthy would be considered literature NOW. Janet Evanovich? Maybe not. I can feel what's literature, but I'm not sure I can define it (at least, what I consider literature from my perspective)Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879042817109440814.post-71381192739296991382008-04-03T20:02:00.000-07:002008-04-03T20:02:00.000-07:00That is a really good question and your answer is ...That is a really good question and your answer is thought provoking.<BR/><BR/>I'm with you, I would have said Shakespeare and Jane Austin in the past, but there are such good writers now. I would include Gabriel Marquez with Isabel Allende, and Anne Tyler with Margaret Atwood. Though I think Atwood's work is superior.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785984092226524603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2879042817109440814.post-45587046987591681902008-04-03T19:48:00.000-07:002008-04-03T19:48:00.000-07:00Great post! I just finished McCarthy's The Road to...Great post! I just finished McCarthy's The Road today and was amazed... We seem to be on the same wavelength regarding "literature"! I'm a fan of Woolf, too... Feel free to check out my BTT post at http//:bookclubclassics.com/Blogkristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08290187894859366527noreply@blogger.com