Re: Universitatlity

That's the real rub here -- since there are no universals in morals or
human nature, there must not be any represented in literature either.

This simply sounds like a way of closing one's eyes, but there's no use
arguing this.

I will argue with this, though:

> All-seeing Shakespeare's universal appeal will fade--is fading

What? Shakespeare's still writing for Hollywood, for God's sakes. He's
bigger now than he was in his own time. Has a much wider audience for
his plays, more money invested in his productions, and finds his
stories/characters reinvented quite often: "my own private idaho," and
so forth.

So long as future "western" cultures have continuity with current
western cultures, people will be reading Shakespeare and Homer. Other
names will circulate in and out of vogue -- but they'll always be
present to circulate.

Jim
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Received on Sun Dec 7 13:37:29 2003