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Your thinking of middle-brow. High-brow is aimed at a much smaller audience, typically implied as 'high society' or 'the elites' but not necessarily. I chose
by MichaelZuo 4y ago
Your thinking of middle-brow.
High-brow is aimed at a much smaller audience, typically implied as 'high society' or 'the elites' but not necessarily.
I chose the two examples because they are publicly accessible and high-brow not because they are the most representative of the class.
- twelve40 4y agoboth seem straight-up scientific journals ("the world’s first and longest-running scientific journal") for specific disciplines. Calling them "high-brow literature" and comparing them with The New Yorker (and its essays on random topics) seems... strange?
- MichaelZuo 4y agoI don't care much if comments on HN seem strange, I care more about if they are correct.