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alpha0  ·  4847 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Great Books that aren't all that great.
> I think there is something about trying to define what is great literature that doesn't sit right with me

I have a simple formula: Great literature shapes language, thought, and feelings. So Bible is great literature, & pretty much anything by William Shakespeare.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/13320268/Neologisms-by-Shakespeare

> Joyce

(We just have to wait and see if James Joyce really did write the "new Bible" (per Jung)).