Doublereed Archive - Posting 000015.txt from 2003/07
From: Oboeeee@-----.com Subj: [DR-L] [Dblrd-L] Quote of the Day Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 22:44:03 -0400
"Compare the history of the novel to that of rock =E2=80=98n=E2=80=99 roll.
Both started out
a minority taste, became a mass taste, and then splintered into several
subgenres. Both have been the typical cultural expressions of classes and e
pochs.
Both started out aggressively fighting for their share of attention, novels
attacking the drama, the tract, and the poem, rock attacking jazz and pop a
nd
rolling over classical music."
-W. T. Lhamon, U.S. educator, critic
=E2=80=9CMaterial Differences,=E2=80=9D Deliberate Speed: The Origins of a
Cultural Style in
the American 1950s, Smithsonian (1990)
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