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   From: chenrich@monmouth.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Troels Forchhammer  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > However, I feel that the distinction, while possibly useful for a   
   > reader who prefers one kind and dislikes the other, is less useful   
   > when it comes to literary critique -- in my experience this kind of   
   > sub-creations, when viewed as a literary device, are used in the same   
   > manners in both fantasy and science fiction, and I think it would be   
   > interesting to ask to, and investigate, the reasons for the huge   
   > success of sub-creative fiction in the twentieth century --   
   > especially as it has generally happened in spite of a clear antipathy   
   > from the majority of the literary elite.   
   >   
      
   This goes to show how much power the literary elite really have.   
      
   "elite" means "elected." But who elected them? I don't remember voting...   
      
   And who are the literary elite today? F. R. Leavis is dead. Edmund   
   Wilson is dead. Lionel Trilling is dead.  Sheesh! In Iran, at least they   
   know who the current ayatollahs *are*.   
      
   --   
   Christopher J. Henrich   
   chenrich@monmouth.com   
   http://www.mathinteract.com   
   "A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver." -- Boon   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)