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Writing on the Wall

An anthology highlights the divide between sanctioned and forbidden literature
By Joshua Cohen | 7:00 AM Nov 18, 2009

Styles exist only in retrospect. A Late Style is only late if the author dies immediately after, or, more dramatically, during, the work. An Early Style is only early if the author grows and changes. Regionalisms, and ethnic or national literatures, seem artifactual: today, French and German literatures are remarkably similar; with the invention of ...