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Your third paragraph is no different from how it was when Moby Dick was published. And really, there's plenty of experimentation in modern literature. While it'
by justworkout 3y ago
Your third paragraph is no different from how it was when Moby Dick was published. And really, there's plenty of experimentation in modern literature. While it's a bit old now, House of Leaves was very different from anything else on the market, but it got published and sold very well.
- zogrodea 3y agoIt was almost a century (1938) after Moby Dick was first published, but a historical case lamenting the same money-driven attitude is in The Principles of Art. "The fact is becoming notorious; publishers are ceasing to be interested in the reviews their books get, and beginning to decide that they make no difference to the sales."