Thanks, it should be fixed now. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate coding?
I'm always interested in who makes those "essential" book lists. How to choose with so many amazing options? (The lists are usually pretty slanted toward white male authors, I've noticed. This one does better than most.)
I've wondered this as well. The Great American Read was a wee bit more diverse in its decisions, which were chosen by polling people on the internet. And around the country.
If I had to guess? I'd say some English Lit graduated who spent a bit too much time studying the 19th Century writers. Actually the vast majority of English Lit majors, who end up in publishing companies and in academia and writing book reviews, spent all their time studying British 19th Century Writers. I talk to them and they really haven't read much out of the 19th Century, nor appear to have much respect for the writing that is outside of it.
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Date: 2019-09-04 01:40 am (UTC)I'm always interested in who makes those "essential" book lists. How to choose with so many amazing options? (The lists are usually pretty slanted toward white male authors, I've noticed. This one does better than most.)
I've wondered this as well. The Great American Read was a wee bit more diverse in its decisions, which were chosen by polling people on the internet. And around the country.
If I had to guess? I'd say some English Lit graduated who spent a bit too much time studying the 19th Century writers. Actually the vast majority of English Lit majors, who end up in publishing companies and in academia and writing book reviews, spent all their time studying British 19th Century Writers. I talk to them and they really haven't read much out of the 19th Century, nor appear to have much respect for the writing that is outside of it.