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19th century writing in general makes a mockery of today's level of education. I believe this is due, in part, to the more limited availability of print at the
by nazgulnarsil 17y ago
19th century writing in general makes a mockery of today's level of education. I believe this is due, in part, to the more limited availability of print at the time. most of the people printing things in any sort of quantity that ensured it would survive to our times was generally pretty worldly.
not that i'm arguing that such times were better. the diaspora of artistic expression fueled by cheaper means has been a boon for humanity.
- Groxx 17y agoI'd argue that the limited availability meant that only the extreme few who could afford to print did so, and when they did they kept things to what their elitist groups would find interesting. Meanings hidden within meanings not because they were any more intelligent than others, simply because they needed to do so to fit in with the elitist habits / aesthetics. You see the same thing in art prior to the modern art shift. Art was so elitist that it wasn't focused on being artistic any more, it was instead a conglomeration of meanings that could be examined and critiqued by the social elite. All social elite groups do this, it raises them above others who don't know the language and gives them a feeling of superiority.