This quote by Scott Turow suggests that postmodernism has actually had an unfavorable effect on literature. He implies that postmodernism has caused literature to lose its audience, or readership. This could be interpreted as a criticism of postmodernism, as it recommends that postmodernism has actually caused literature to end up being less accessible and less engaging to readers. It could likewise be translated as an alerting to authors to be mindful of the effect of postmodernism on their work, and to ensure that their writing is still accessible and engaging to readers. Ultimately, this quote recommends that postmodernism has had a harmful result on literature, and that writers must be aware of this when developing their work.
This quote is written / told by Scott Turow somewhere between April 12, 1949 and today. He/she was a famous Novelist from USA.
The author also have 8 other quotes.
"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"
"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it"
"Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted"
"All literature consists of whatever the writer thinks is cool. The reader will like the book to the degree that he agrees with the writer about what's cool"
"What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better"
"Among the letters my readers write me, there is a certain category which is continuously growing, and which I see as a symptom of the increasing intellectualization of the relationship between readers and literature"
