In article <001f01bf702f$8feb4e80$182a7418@eric>,
a.n.smith <
ansmith@netdoor.com> wrote:
> As with anything 20th century, someone should
realize that the coherence
> of the Gothic splintered and fragmented like
eveything else, giving rise
> to Romance, Noir, Sci-Fi, etc. Pulps in
America.
If you are interested in pursuing such linkages further you
might do better asking yourself, (or the academics), what
fiction ordinary people were reading in the 19th century.
Hint, it wasn't Greek or Latin classics, it was
Sensationalist Fiction.
David
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