A well-crafted novel with memorable characters and universal themes
Ezra Pound would likely praise works of literature that showcase innovative language and form, such as T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" or James Joyce's "Ulysses." He was a champion of modernist literature and valued originality and experimentation in writing.
a well crafted novel with memorable characters and universal themes
A well-crafted novel with memorable characters and universal themes
Record-breaking sales would not contribute to freshness. When a work of literature becomes very common, the quality of freshness is lost, at least in Pound's opinion.
Record-breaking sales
Tired plots and one-dimensional characters
tired plots and one-dimensional character (apex xD)
These books would not contain tired plots and one-dimensional characters.
Hugh Kenner has written: 'The stoic comedians' 'Joyce's voices' 'Beckett at 60' 'A sinking island' -- subject(s): English literature, History and criticism, Intellectual life, Modernism (Literature) 'Paradox in Chesterton' 'The invisible poet' 'The Pound era' 'The poetry of Ezra Pound' 'Flaubert, Joyce and Beckett' 'The mechanic muse' -- subject(s): Modernism (Literature), English literature, History and criticism
No they would both weigh one pound. However, the paper would likely have a higher density.
yes
Ezra Pound stated, "Great Literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost degree." Of course meaning is what a reader internalizes based on personal experience.
Cary Wolfe has written: 'What is posthumanism?' -- subject(s): Deconstruction, Philosophy, Humanism, Aesthetics 'The limits of American literary ideology in Pound and Emerson' -- subject(s): Political and social views, Individualism in literature, Politics and literature, Literature and society, History and criticism, American literature
Not likely. That would be a 441-pound stapler!