Classic_books

Literature written in Western Europe prized by and extensivly studied by European and American intellectuals. Some examples are Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Don Quixote.

Most of the classic books were written before 1900.

Most of the Classic works are freely available online and are [public domain]?.

Starting in the 1980s, classic books were attacked by various groups as being from 'dead, white, western authors' and not representing works from the groups 'pet' authors. These groups hypocritically advocated inclusion/study of all literature but excluded authors from areas outside of their 'pet' area. For example, feninists wanted feninist women authors and excluded male authors from AsiaChina?. Fortunately, this trend ended in the middle/late 1990s.