Friday, February 21, 2014

Which Books Should We Stop Calling Classics?


Which Books Should We Stop Calling Classics?
Recently, at Salon, Laura Miller wondered what makes a book a classic, and who gets to say which books should be included in the conversation: do booksellers or online book communities like Goodreads get to make the call? Do critics? 
Should we consider David Foster Wallace’s work among these classics, even though it’s so recent? 
Does a canon even exist or matter? 
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