I look at how thinkers over the centuries have viewed so-called popular or lightweight literature.
Tag Archives: Frederick Engels
Does Lightweight Lit Do Damage?
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Seductive Balzac in Communist China
Sometimes, it seems, we have to be deprived of literature to learn how powerful it is and how much we need it. Yesterday a colleague wrote about a former Chinese student of hers who, along with other Young Pioneers, discovered a secret treasure trove of books from the west during the dark days of the […]
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