tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085195159661027971.post394644645047496078..comments2024-03-15T16:14:36.387-04:00Comments on Just the social facts, ma'am: Literature and politicsDavid Weakliemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02336229317604663975noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085195159661027971.post-32205687657668302762013-12-26T11:08:57.372-05:002013-12-26T11:08:57.372-05:00My impression of Michener's novels is that the...My impression of Michener's novels is that they were about "the American experience," more than about character or plot, and had a basically positive view of it. So they appealed to people who were patriotic. On King, I could take the coward's way out and say that the estimate isn't statistically significant. But I think there is a real difference, and guess that it's because a substantial part of his work seems to be about outsiders, people who are misunderstood or mistreated. <br /><br />David Weakliemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336229317604663975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085195159661027971.post-40252935829818734652013-12-24T16:51:50.346-05:002013-12-24T16:51:50.346-05:00"Gustave Flaubert, Stephen King, and Danielle..."Gustave Flaubert, Stephen King, and Danielle Steel."<br /><br />"Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen, Alex?"<br /><br />9/16, I think, possibly 10, and I can't remember if I've pierced the Stephen King <i>oeuvre</i>. I would be most interested to hear a hypothesis about how particular authors correlate with readers' politics. Flaubert, Bellow, ok, but why on earth would liberals tend to read King and conservatives Michener?Earle Millernoreply@blogger.com