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Who was the one going on about 14th century English a couple posts back?
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So? I talked about 19th century lit. a lot more. So? And I mentioned West Saxon which is a good deal older yet? So? Apparently you're incapable of normal reasoning, let alone recondite cogitations. Whoops! there I go showing off my vocabulary. No one will read me, but at least I'll be in the LF section.
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The 'obscurity' of terms is very much a matter of opinion.
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It's a matter of fact in each example. Your absurd claim that it is not in these three cases, "espy", "remonstrate", "objurgation" will not change the fact. All three words are socially remote and can physically be shown as almost completely absent from both contemporary lit. and speech. I have never heard anyone use the words "espy" or "objurgation" in speech during my lifetime, and neither have you. Remonstrate may still be heard, but only on very rare occasion. (It gave way to reprimand, berate, and reproof long ago, not to mention the many slang terms used in its place.) The same is true of their use in modern books. In a stack of one thousand contemporary books, fiction or otherwise, you will not find these words in more than one or two, and probably not that. That is obscure.
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You've already mistaken Neil Gaiman, who made his name writing comic books, for a literary author.
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No, I have made no such claim, and you are incapable of quoting a post where I said any such silly thing. I said, and was correct in saying, that it is your own LF crowd that continually singles him out as being an LF author and even gave one of many links to articles saying as much. Why lie to make a false point? Kicks?
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Please name two living authors of literary fiction....
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Why—so you can lie about it afterwards? There's hardly any point of continuing to post to you. I leave you to conferring with the flowers and consulting with the rain. I doubt you'll have any reason to scratch your head though. Oh look! A turn of phrase! I doubt you'll understand it.