Franklin: Sapper, Buchan, Dornford Yates, practitioners in that school of Snobbery with Violence that runs like a thread of good-class tweed through twentieth-century literature.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Specific mid-century authors are criticized for mixing class arrogance with aggression in their writing.
- In plain terms
- Some writers combine snobbishness with violent themes.
- What can you take from it?
- Literature often blends class superiority with violence.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines snobbery in writing?
- How does class affect literature?
Another view
Labeling authors this way can overlook the complexity of their work.
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