In the bustling corridors of literary discourse, few words are flung around with as much careless abandon as classic. Everyone wants a piece of it—critics, publishers, academics, prize panels, even the marketing arms of corporate presses. “Classic” has become a broadly misused word. A charade behind which elites hide their propaganda, innuendos, and cult, ascribing…
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