The problem with your definition, Lawrence, is that we always live in our
own time, as the Greeks did, and not two thousand years into the future.
Take care.
-tor
On Fri, 12 Feb 2021, 05:08 Lawrence Helm, <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Consider this quote from Wikipedia's article on Joseph Heller:
*Catch-22* caught the imaginations of many baby boomers
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomer>, who identified with the
novel's anti-war sentiments.[18]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Heller#cite_note-cnn-18> The book
went on to sell 10 million copies in the United States. The novel's title
became a standard term in English and other languages for a dilemma with no
easy way out. Now considered a classic, the book was listed at number 7
on Modern Library <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Library>'s list
of the top 100 novels of the century.[8]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Heller#cite_note-cnnobit-8> The United
States Air Force Academy
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy> uses the
novel to "help prospective officers recognize the dehumanizing aspects of
bureaucracy.
What can the writer of this article mean by "classic" I wonder. I've
never read this novel and probably never will, but from the reviews I've
read it doesn't match my conception of a classic. Does someone disagree?
Lawrence
