[Ads-l] What is a NOVEL?

[Mark Mandel]

Well, I said I couldn't remember where I read it. That's probably it.

Mark

On Mon, Jul 9, 2018, 9:15 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey, Mark, I warned about just this development years ago, with many
> gratuitous updates!
>
> And it ain't restricted to fiction!
>
> JL
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 8:26 AM Mark Mandel <mark.a.mandel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > I've read somewhere that the use of "novel" is spreading out, like soup
> > spilled on a tablecloth, to include any kind of fiction. Bleah!
> >
> > Mark Mandel
> >
> > On Jul 9, 2018 3:28 AM, "Charles C Doyle" <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
> >
> > A website called "shortlist.com" lists among "the 30 greatest war novels
> > of
> > all time" Shakespeare's _Henry VI_ (the trilogy, apparently).
> >
> >
> > --Charlie
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