Tag Archives: lightweight literature

Austen’s Mixed Feelings about Gothics

By Robin Bates | Published: March 17, 2021

An exploration of Jane Austen’s mixed feelings about the gothic–and about lightweight lit.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Radcliffe, Feminism, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Mysteries of Udolpho, Northanger Abbey, paranoia, Persuasion, Sanditon, Sense and Sensibility | Comments closed

Does Lightweight Lit Do Damage?

By Robin Bates | Published: March 1, 2021

I look at how thinkers over the centuries have viewed so-called popular or lightweight literature.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Alexander Pope, Dunciad, Feminism, Frankfurt School, Frederick Engels, Herbert Marcuse, Jaws, John Dryden, Karl Marx, Lovers' Vows, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Percy Shelley, Persuasion, Peter Benchley, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Terry Eagleton, W.E.B. Du Bois, Wayne Booth | Comments closed