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Myth and Mystery · Sep 5, 2026 · Myth and Mystery

Ancient Weeds

Who decides which literature is “trash”?

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  • Discusses Ancient literature
  • Discusses Medieval literature
  • Discusses Trash/popular literature
  • Mentions Jiří Starý

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Ancient literature Medieval literature Trash/popular literature Literary canon and criticism Escapism in literature Norse sagas Science fiction origins Wittgenstein's reading habits

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Jiří Starý Boccaccio Homer Norman Malcolm Sylva Fischerová Kristýna Králová Aristophanes Ovid Lucian C. S. Lewis Tolkien Wittgenstein Sappho

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