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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Let me address this particular point, because it's made so often by so many different people. I believe the publishing companies are directly responsible for the amount of terrible writing that is self-published, and why? Because they publish so much garbage themselves. The absolutely worst written dreck is a the top of the best-seller lists, . . .
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Problem number 1 is defining what makes a great literary work? Problem number 2 is what makes a great author? Problem number 3 is what makes something dreck?
What makes
To Kill a Mockingbird a literary masterpiece? (I'm not disputing that it is, but I wonder what makes it so.)
Bald statements are statements of opinion, not fact, which, in the case of literature -- great or not -- complicates things. Without agreed upon guidelines/standards, it is impossible to list the definitive 100 greatest works of all time that 100% of readers will agree upon.