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Old 08-29-2012, 11:07 AM   #70
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
As for the "modern" qualifier... well, you're just being pedantic. The "Modern Art" period started in the late-mid 1800s and ended in the 1970s. There's no hard and fast date parameters. Modern is relative. So is Classic. So is Good. But of those three; only the first two are even moderately useful when discussing literature in groups containing more than a single participant.
From what I've been able to find out, a modern classic is different then a classic in that the modern classic was written after WWII. That's the difference between classic and modern classic until modern classic will need to be redefined.
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