Klarinet Archive - Posting 001473.txt from 2004/03

From: "Matthew Lloyd" <Matthew@-----.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] [OT] Potter
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:34:03 -0500

1812 v K622?

One (admittedly effective) potboiler against one of the greatest
creations of mankind?

Are you predicating your argument on the assumption that Iliad and
Odyssey are examples of the greatest writing?

Matthew

-----Original Message-----
From: Ormondtoby Montoya [mailto:ormondtoby@-----.net]
Sent: 31 March 2004 19:01
To: klarinet@-----.org
Subject: Re: [kl] [OT] Potter

When criticizing Harry Potter, perhaps it's better to think in terms of
the power of myth. In many ways, Iliad and Odyssey are not 'great
literature' nor 'believable literature', epecially after having been
translated from now-dead languages; but they have emotional power
nonetheless.

You could have the same argment about (say) 1812 Overture vs K.622. Is
one or the other of them 'trash'? Or do they possess different sorts
of emotional power?

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