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JSWolf · 08-31-2020, 07:16 AM

If we had some of the old classics written today instead of back then, would they become classics? Are they classics because of when they were written or are they classics because of the work itself regardless of anything else? If it's regardless of anything else, then they would become classics again. But what I'd like to know is how would they be received now. How would they be reviewed? And I do think some of the more modern classics would probably not be classics if they were written way back when. I think classics are a product of their time and take them out of their time and they may not work like they do in their time.

What I find with a lot of the old classics is not the story, but the way they are written. Sometimes they don't sit right. This doe snot make them rubbish. IT just makes reading them not to my liking.

08-31-2020, 07:16 AM	#72
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,155 Karma: 148951761 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	If we had some of the old classics written today instead of back then, would they become classics? Are they classics because of when they were written or are they classics because of the work itself regardless of anything else? If it's regardless of anything else, then they would become classics again. But what I'd like to know is how would they be received now. How would they be reviewed? And I do think some of the more modern classics would probably not be classics if they were written way back when. I think classics are a product of their time and take them out of their time and they may not work like they do in their time. What I find with a lot of the old classics is not the story, but the way they are written. Sometimes they don't sit right. This doe snot make them rubbish. IT just makes reading them not to my liking.