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Originally Posted by NatCh
My old definition of "classic" was "something that keeps coming back, no matter how bad it is" -- I believe I was thinking mainly of Hemingway, who definitely fits the psychotic, postwar and depressed, though others may disagree on the boring. There's no accounting for taste, after all.  |
Because of school, I got the impression that if something was a classic, it was old, boring, and not something I'd want to read. So i stayed away from anything labeled a classic because of that. Of course, I also stayed away from school suggested reading lists as well.