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The '''''liberal literary bias''''' is a commonly-noted bias among the [[publishing]], [[university]], and [[literary review]] establishments.
The '''''liberal literary bias''''' is a commonly-noted bias among the [[publishing]], [[university]], and [[literary review]] establishments.
{{cquote|Professors don't want to teach English literature the way it was written, but instead try to deconstruct it and remold it into Marxist liberal feminist ideology. That's a hopeless task because great English literature is explicitly Christian, conservative, and celebrates heroism, marriage, and masculine courage...The professors don't want them to learn from the poem Beowulf that no civilization will survive without heroes to defend it, or from Chaucer that chivalry has contributed enormously to women's happiness, or from Shakespeare that there really is such a thing as human nature and some people make inherently destructive choices, or from John Milton that our intellectual freedoms are Christian in origin. The feminists don't want young people to learn from Jane Austen that it's reasonable for a woman to look to marriage for happiness. - Eagle Forum Book Review<ref>http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/2006/dec06/book.html</ref>}}
==Review bias==
==Review bias==
Novels by conservative authors are typically reviewed harshly on account of upholding conservative values (often accompanied by accusations of [[reactionism]] or [[bigotry]]), regardless of the works' actual merits. Liberal novels, conversely, are given a free pass, regardless of vulgar [[sexual]] or anti-values content; their flaws are typically glossed over.
Novels by conservative authors are typically reviewed harshly on account of upholding conservative values (often accompanied by accusations of [[reactionism]] or [[bigotry]]), regardless of the works' actual merits. Liberal novels, conversely, are given a free pass, regardless of vulgar [[sexual]] or anti-values content; their flaws are typically glossed over.<ref>Michael Bérubé, ''What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts?: Classroom Politics and "Bias" in Higher Education,'' 27.</ref>
==Revisionism==
==Literary revisionism==
The [[conservative]] values of literary [[classics]], such as [[War and Peace]], [[Les Miserables]], and the works of [[Mark Twain]] and [[Charles Dickens]] (to name only a few - conservatism permeates the [[canon]]) are typically ignored or marginalized in [[University]] teaching settings. This [[deceit]] by liberal [[academics]] convinces students that conservatism is not modern or capable of creating great art.
The [[conservative]] values of literary [[classics]], such as [[War and Peace]], [[Les Miserables]], and the works of [[Mark Twain]] and [[Charles Dickens]] (to name only a few - conservatism permeates the [[canon]]) are typically ignored or marginalized in [[University]] teaching settings. This [[deceit]] by liberal [[academics]] convinces students that conservatism is not modern or capable of creating great art.<ref>Michael Bérubé, ''What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts?: Classroom Politics and "Bias" in Higher Education,'' 43-7.</ref> Liberal professors also attempt to suppress invariably conservative views and themes presented in classic literature, by erroneously imposing their own political interpretations (typically feminist, marxist, or "deconstructionist") on text.<ref>Michael Bérubé, ''What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts?: Classroom Politics and "Bias" in Higher Education,'' 92.</ref>
==Publishing bias==
==Publishing bias==
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