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littlemanpoet · 03-18-2006, 08:50 PM

Such clear thinking as Chesterton's is desperately needed regarding the Harry Potter books as well. Which are, really, 21st century 'penny dreadfuls'. I'd say quite relevant. A little bloggishness next, sorry: I've been in a writers group for 6 years during which my writing style has constantly come under criticism as not literary enough. Reading "In Defense of Penny Dreadfuls" is rather liberating.

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03-18-2006, 08:50 PM	#37
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Such clear thinking as Chesterton's is desperately needed regarding the Harry Potter books as well. Which are, really, 21st century 'penny dreadfuls'. I'd say quite relevant. A little bloggishness next, sorry: I've been in a writers group for 6 years during which my writing style has constantly come under criticism as not literary enough. Reading "In Defense of Penny Dreadfuls" is rather liberating.