Story written in 1835 unacceptable in High Culture?

[HELLSTAR_trek]

A thread about Gogol's short story "The Nose" was closed:
http://www.thephora.net/forum/showthread.php?t=18072

Where on The Phora may it be discussed?

Here's a link to the story itself:
Story (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=GogTara.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=3&division=div1)

[sugartits]

The original thread did not have a link, it is good you included one now.

[tempus fugit]

Does old = High Culture?

[Hakluyt]

Aristophanes wrote some of the first fart jokes.

[HELLSTAR_trek]

Does old = High Culture?
Not necessarily, but I think that most bookstores shelve Gogol with literary works rather than popular fiction. Also, academic literature courses are more likely to cover Gogol than, for example, romance novels.

[HELLSTAR_trek]

Aristophanes wrote some of the first fart jokes.
So is Gogol acceptable in the Popular Culture forum, does it belong in the Lounge, or is it too coarse for any part of The Phora?

[HELLSTAR_trek]

Is Gogol acceptable in the Popular Culture forum, does it belong in the Lounge, or is it too coarse for any part of The Phora?
I would appreciate an answer to that question.

[Hakluyt]

I can't speak for all the mods and admins, but I personally didn't see any problem with it in the first place/where it was.