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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is lowbrow? [/quote] People may have different opinions, but I think of it as books that aren’t considered “literature” and more likely to be viewed as genre books - romance, sci-fi, horror, fantasy, westerns, mysteries, thrillers, etc. Of course there are lots of gray areas and overlap. Also, if something stays popular long enough, it eventually gets redesignated as a classic, which by definition is “highbrow” regardless of literary merit (Beowulf? Canterbury Tales?). [/quote] But what does it mean? Does it mean, not intelligent? What does that have to do with low brow? Is that eyebrows? Does it mean it’s like, what, are we talking Neanderthal? Does it mean unintelligent? I’m really trying to understand. Why would reading be considered unintelligent?[/quote]
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