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Originally Posted by fantasyfan
I agree. It might be a way of dealing with collected works of poetry such as the works of Gerard Manley Hopkins or Dylan Thomas.
One issue does come to mind—how is the club going to define a classic? The term is frequently used more or less loosely to refer to all sorts of works that are considered “significant” or “seminal”.
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I think one criterion would be age. Set a hard date limit. And those interested could decide what other criteria would apply. With a small group - and I think this would be a small group! - there would have to be some discussion on each selection anyway, which would torpedo the outliers. But yes, no “modern classics”!