Big Lit

The Allusionist : 36. Big Lit Image
The Allusionist : 36. Big Lit Image

Big Lit

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‘Classics’ started off meaning Latin and Greek works, then works that smacked of similar, and now – what, exactly? Books that are full of bonnets and dust? Author Kevin Smokler and bookseller Jonathan Main unpick what constitutes a classic, old or new.

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