"...to treat "erotic literature" as a field with its own cultural validity, on the same level as high art, destroys the sense of discrimination and comparative value in art."
But then we seem to be well on our way to abandoning the distinction between high art and trivial art altogether, and anthologies like the one you describe are typically put together by those who would actively foster this development. Essentially, we're being conditioned to believe that pop culture isn't just every bit as good as "high" culture, it's the only real culture there is, because every idiot can grasp it. No Moron Left Behind. After all, the truths of life and reality don't have much market value these days.
(Don't mind me; I'm reading Blaise Pascal while semiconscious with the flu, which is possibly a dangerous combination.)
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Date: 2008-01-23 03:03 pm (UTC)But then we seem to be well on our way to abandoning the distinction between high art and trivial art altogether, and anthologies like the one you describe are typically put together by those who would actively foster this development. Essentially, we're being conditioned to believe that pop culture isn't just every bit as good as "high" culture, it's the only real culture there is, because every idiot can grasp it. No Moron Left Behind. After all, the truths of life and reality don't have much market value these days.
(Don't mind me; I'm reading Blaise Pascal while semiconscious with the flu, which is possibly a dangerous combination.)