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How did America go from having a plethora of great writers in the 19th and 20th centuries to a total dearth of them in the 21st century? What the fug.

>> No.9301557

>>9301549
They went from having no great writers, to having DJ Khaled.

>> No.9301566

william gass is still alive

>> No.9301588

>>9301549

you pretty much answered yourself by posting that picture

>> No.9301593

youre comparing 100 years with 17 years

>> No.9301602

>>9301593
>19th and 20th centuries
>100 years

>> No.9301603

Gee it almost feels like some kind of decline in global power and prestige over several decades or something.

>> No.9301615

>>9301602
op is comparing centuries

>> No.9301694

>falling for the bait this hard

>> No.9301709

>>9301694
Piss off, faggot

>> No.9301738

literature has generally died or deteriorated.

its unfair to say that america has been particularly afflicted by this

>> No.9301746

>>9301566
except that william gass is a literally who

>>9301694
pretty sure it's not b8

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9301771

>>9301549
>so many good writers in this 200 year period
>why havent we seen similar output from the last 17 years

genius

>> No.9301850

>>9301771
Take the first 17 years of either the 19th or 20th centuries, and you'll see that there were better writers than those in the first 17 years of the 21st century, faggot.

>> No.9301862

>>9301549
You're using the website that's the greatest literary achievement of the entire human race right now.

>> No.9301891

>>9301850
There are more writers that you have been told are good by the critical apparatus. How many contemporary novels have you read?

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9301895

>>9301862
>this disgusting shithole
>the greatest literary achievement of the entire human race

>> No.9301897

This world is a simulation with an finite amount of possibilities. Art is limited and we are running out of things to write about.

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9301898

>>9301891
>There are more writers that you have been told are good by the critical apparatus.

Enjoy your Zadie Smith and Murakami novels, faggot.

>> No.9301914

Its not This is true for the entire globe, not just america

>> No.9301920

>>9301549
>America go from having a plethora of great writers in the 19th and 20th centuries

Name 5

>> No.9301931

>>9301920
Hemingway
Steinbeck
Fitzgerald
Twain
Melville

>> No.9301942

>>9301931
>Hemingway
ok but overrated
>Steinbeck
literally who
>Fitzgerald
hack, even worse than Kerouac
>Twain
literally who
>Melville
good

>> No.9301943

>>9301931
>Hemingway
>Fitzgerald
>Twain
>great

American standards

>> No.9302500

>>9301931
melville is the only great one there, you missed Dos Passos, Gaddis, Hart Crane

>> No.9302511

>>9301549

Is there a country that still has great writers in the 21st century?

>> No.9302553

>>9301850
1800-1817 = a wasteland, american lit didnt get good until the middle of the century
1900-1917 = maybe a few classic works that im forgetting, but 99% of the major stuff was written after this period

>> No.9302573

>>9301566
>william gass

is this a joke?