The Death of Literature?

[davemarc]

> From: LARSSON at VAX1.Mankato.MSUS.EDU
> 
> Today, in the Minneapolis STAR-TRIBUNE, there was one of those occasional
> pop crit pieces about whether Literature actually "matters" any more and
> where all the "great" authors have gone.  It wasn't too extreme for that
> kind of thing, noting the long-standing disparity between popularity and
> "quality" (even in the opposition between, eg., Spillane and Hammett).
> 
> The most interesting thing about it, I thought, though was a Holmesian
dog
> that didn't bark: although there were references to Hemingway, Faulkner
> et al. along with modern contenders ranging from Irving to Morrison,
there
> was *no* mention of TRP!
> 
Interesting indeed.  No reason for P to be mentioned at all times
everywhere, but lately P citations have been proliferating.  Anyone want to
check one of those Komputerized Klipping services (Nexus?) for a count?

davemarc