Jim Doherty wrote:
All writing written to be read by the general public, whether
or not it actually turns out to be readable, whether or not
it is actually published, is literature...
"People who use "literature" when they mean "classic," or at
least "good," are being deliberately dismissive of that which
they don't like..."
*************** I did a Google search for dictionary, found
one, and punched in literature. Here's the first
definition:
1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with
ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic
or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography,
and essays.
So my usage is valid. I have no problem with your definition.
Use it all you like. As a matter of fact, it was the second
definition in the online dictionary I found.
The idea that my usage is dismissive is correct in as much as
calling Einstein a genius is being dismissive of other
people.
miker
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