Review: "Tender Is the Flesh" and the Case for Thoughtful Violence in Literature
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A reader's review of the book "Tender Is the Flesh" arguing that graphic violence in literature can be thoughtful and highbrow, using Battle Royale as a comparative example. The reviewer contends that brutal subject matter doesn't automatically disqualify a work from being allegorical or providing valuable social examination.
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· 3 pulledMany might say that a book dealing with the level of brutality and horrific subject matter that makes up this book could never be thoughtful or highbrow. I disagree with that.
I definitely think literature depicting graphic violence doesn't automatically disqualify it from being anything more than an assault on the senses or torture porn.
I think it can lay out valuable examinations of so many aspects of society that deserve to be scrutinized, all while remaining allegorical.
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