>It is broadly true that prose literature has reached its

>>9250959
Yup! Tolstoy was a literary prostitute.

not at all

>>9250959
Yes.

But not because of democracy specifically. Rather because America is a democracy and America has all the best authors.

I want Whigs to leave

>>9251067
lmao

>Orthodox Catholicism, again, seems to have a crushing effect upon certain literary forms, especially the novel. During a period of three hundred years, how many people have been at once good novelists and good Catholics? The fact is that certain themes cannot be celebrated in words, and tyranny is one of them. No one ever wrote a good book in praise of the Inquisition.

Christposters BTFO

>>9250971
Tolstoy was able to write about whatever he wanted. Most of his works are anything but pro-aristocracy, and late Tolstoy is downright uncompatible with any sort of monarchy.
That said, he was able to write about whatever he wanted only because he was a literary saint on a continental level.

19th and 20th centuries are the most creatively fecund periods in the history of the arts. He's 100% correct.

>>9250959

But we have never lived in a democracy. At most we live in a "vote every few years for people who will make all the decisions for you" state. Can you really call THAT democracy?