Tough to say. I can’t remember the name right now but I was reading an essay from whitehead written about a hundred years ago and he was lamenting how popular some writer was the he considered awful. It struck me because I hadn’t heard the name before, and I’m pretty well-read.
There are oceans of forgotten works out there, we just——by definition——have forgot about them.
Yes Harry Potter has sold lots of books, but how do you compare that to black beauty? It sold maybe a 10th but in a time of smaller markets. People still know of black beauty but it isn’t a cultural force——more a peculiarity of the time.
For sure some things written this century will be around in the year 3000, it’s just impossible to say what.
There are oceans of forgotten works out there, we just——by definition——have forgot about them.
Yes Harry Potter has sold lots of books, but how do you compare that to black beauty? It sold maybe a 10th but in a time of smaller markets. People still know of black beauty but it isn’t a cultural force——more a peculiarity of the time.
For sure some things written this century will be around in the year 3000, it’s just impossible to say what.