tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10314030.post111636856551483493..comments2023-07-01T05:46:43.130-05:00Comments on Out of the Woods Now: Snobsamcorreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04952630644786569828noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10314030.post-1116897957462316882005-05-23T20:25:00.000-05:002005-05-23T20:25:00.000-05:00Mol--I think you may have missed my point. Dumas m...Mol--I think you may have missed my point. Dumas might have been popular with "the masses," but was he ever denigrated as actual literature? Somehow, I don't think so. Many writers of that era (Dickens, etc.) had their novels published as serials.<BR/><BR/>"Survivor," et al may be seen as campy artifacts of the (pseudo)culture 50+ years from now, but there is no way they will be perceived as "art." And regarding best-sellers--have you ever heard of Rhoda Broughton's Red as a Rose is She or James Payn's Fallen Fortunes? Didn't think so.<BR/><BR/>I guess my point here is that works that "stand the test of time" don't randomly survive for no good reason. Popular appeal does not an instant classic make.amcorreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04952630644786569828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10314030.post-1116620066259015902005-05-20T15:14:00.000-05:002005-05-20T15:14:00.000-05:00Love this post! It makes Dumas immediately spring...Love this post! It makes Dumas immediately spring to mind--in his day, he was the king of serial pulp, read by the masses, and today, we have to kick kids in high school to get them to read about the marvelous Three Musketeers. And Dumas, this "popular" master, is now also considered "literature." (Though perhaps not by everyone).<BR/><BR/>Makes me wonder if all of it is more relative than we're giving it credit for. God forbid that "Survivor" be "art" in 50 years...or that "The Da Vinci Code" be "literature"...but hey, ya never know...Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03528762570959829758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10314030.post-1116372352082914782005-05-17T18:25:00.000-05:002005-05-17T18:25:00.000-05:00A wonderful post, which will inspire some ponderin...A wonderful post, which will inspire some pondering on my part...A.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01364535237457630639noreply@blogger.com