tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405040046789439883.post3751244813748426904..comments2024-01-06T08:53:25.620-05:00Comments on against the modern world: on being "well read"horus kemwerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16984916074697401382noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6405040046789439883.post-40652625885112573532011-04-24T11:30:37.232-04:002011-04-24T11:30:37.232-04:00I agree with your assertion that well-read should ...I agree with your assertion that well-read should point to works of quality and ergo a defined canon. That canon's definition is indeed bafflingly full of items like Thomas Hardy. I wanted to add that it is also greatly lacking in certain area.<br /><br />Very few "well-read" lists even include things from outside the Occident. Surely <i>Romance of the Three Kingdoms</i>, a "classic" to more than 1 billion people deserves to make a list? Most will grant <i>the Folio</i> <b>and</b> <i>Quixote</i> but few go East from Constantinople outside the <i>Baghavad Gita</i> or <i>Mahabarata</i>.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04068217923979593122noreply@blogger.com