[β¦] Woolf [β¦] the author and essayist claimed that the middlebrows were readers who bought books rather than read them. They did so not out of an ability to recognise their innate merit or cultural value, but to look impressive on their bookshelves. These middlebrows were, in her eyes, vulgar pretenders incapable of engaging with deeper issues of art, integrity and aesthetics
Yes, she's right. People love reading trash (YA, romance, pulp, etc), a much smaller number of people opt for more literary works, what connects them is that they read. And then you have people buying M. Obama book or whatever to put on coffee table.
yea the thing is that Woolf isnt talking about fiction that's an inbetween between low and highbrow. the author seems to think that's what she means. what she means is that she dislikes a group of people who buy what is recommended for social brownie points. middlebrow fiction like breaking bad, sopranos and the wire isn't the same as what she's talking about, which is the middlebrow audience. the middlebrow audience would like something like breaking bad for what it represents rather than its quality
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Yes, she's right. People love reading trash (YA, romance, pulp, etc), a much smaller number of people opt for more literary works, what connects them is that they read. And then you have people buying M. Obama book or whatever to put on coffee table.
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yea the thing is that Woolf isnt talking about fiction that's an inbetween between low and highbrow. the author seems to think that's what she means. what she means is that she dislikes a group of people who buy what is recommended for social brownie points. middlebrow fiction like breaking bad, sopranos and the wire isn't the same as what she's talking about, which is the middlebrow audience. the middlebrow audience would like something like breaking bad for what it represents rather than its quality
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Frick you gaylord you gay little baby boy you suck peepee for change and you drink bath water and listen to the Beatles do that same gay shit you all want to be a gay even if you do shit on the web all you do is look at pictures of yourself wearing cloths and you are gayfrick you jay leno I hope you die when you are 18 years old and your mother dies or she will be the next one you have been fricking while you are alive a jayleno wannabe gay and now the knife is being shoved in your face you will be dead gay and your fricking mother dies just like if you were her little dog you will be killed and the b-word that raised you knows she is the one responsible and that she will get as much of a living out of this than you will then when the b-word see you dead she will cry and go to jail and get a rich gaylord paying for her to watch you die
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