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Who /edward-gorey/ here?
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>>9245255
He's good I like TGGT
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>>9245282
"The Unstrung Harp, or Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel" is so true i feel it should be part of every writing course.
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>>9245632
"Mr Earbrass can only conclude that the apathy of the lower figures is due to their having been deprived of novels."
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What jobs can you do with a literature degree that isn't fucking teaching?
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>falling for the academia meme
been shit for decades lad
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>>9245241
How about an actual writer?
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>>9245249
yeah, beyond being a writer and teacher, what else can I do with a literature degree?
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Is 22 too old to read Nineteen Eighty-Four? I never read it in high school.I took it out of the library but don't know if it's like reading a YA book.
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The writing is way better than a YA novel, but it's almost as heavy-handed with its themes. It's so referenced in popular culture that you probably know all of the interesting terminology. I'd only read it if you already enjoy Orwell. If you want a quicker introduction to him as an author that's also standard high school Animal Farm is decent.
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>>9245180
it's not a fucking YA book. read it desu
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>>9245180
It's good, and it's short.
There's no reason not to read it.
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Can someone rec me a book about the history of music?
I want something that goes from the beginning to as later in time as it can be.
Thanks
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>>9245172
Emphasizing what 'aspect' of music? Culture, theory etc.? Popular or classical?
Western musical tradition or global/comparative? You gotta narrow it down a bit more.
You can't expect to find a single volume that will encapsulate all of the history of western music in its theoretical density, cultural context and significance and its vast and different trajectories in different musical traditions throughout the world. It is too broad a field.
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>>9246030
I'd love some books on theory, jazz and classical for sure.
I'd also like to know about the music industry.
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Here is a good start from my 1st year music history course.
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Does this make sense to any of you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XPKrR_g7Mw
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Stop shilling your cult leader and go read a book
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>>9245273
Stop being a post-modern neo-marxist, and clean your disgusting, pigsty of a room.
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>>9245459
Make me faggot, I like it dirty
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>bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk
Why was Joyce allowed to write Finnegans Wake?
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>>9245147
>can't handle a word made primarily out of words for "thunder" in other languages being used to describe the thunderous sound of the fall from Eden?
why are dumbass frogposters allowed to post online?
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Because he wrote Ulysses before
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someone pay chrischan to read a passage of Finnegans Wake
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How heavily do you prioritize literature in your life, anon?
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the only thing i value more than lit is pussy
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it comes after everything else, including /lit/
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>>9245146
>t. virgin
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how do you get yourself, or find time to read when you have vidya?
How do you find time to read a 1000 page novels, with 300 pages of footnotes and words you don't know the definitions to when your just a depressed, fat, dummy who rather numb your brain with a quick match of Overwatch while talking to some friends?
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>>9245086
Do it in a room where you don't have your computer.
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>>9245086
By sheer tyranny of will.
You don't have to read thousand page books either. There's a whole tradition of short stories and novellas.
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Got board of video games, they're all too fucking easy
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Kafkaesque
Sadism
Machiavellian
Orwellian
Joycean
Dickensian
>tfw a term will never be named after you
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>>9245049
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>>9245049
I disagree.
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>>9245049
I already have one but it was named after a bible dude and is very bad
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Scrotie McBoogerballs: Wild West Boogaloo
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>DUDE THIS BOOK IS LIKE SOOO VIOLENT AND DEPRAVED, ITS LIKE SOO SYMBOLIC AND STUFF. MCCARTHY WROTE AN ASTONISHING MASTERPIECE ABOUT DEPRAVITY BY WRITING ENDLESS SCENES OF HILARIOUSLY OVER THE TOP CHILDISH VIOLENCE. BABIES GETTING SMASHWD OVER THE HEAD LOL!!! I GOT NIGHTMARES FROM THIS RIDICULOUS SCENE IT WAS SOOO POWERFUL!
Fuck off with your praise of this book. This book is literally the Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs meets the rootin tootin Wild West.
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I see you are trying to force this meme very hard
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>>9245041
Corn
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It's not really even that violent
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can you give me a quick rundown of this book and its author? why do i see it so much on here?
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>>9245037
You really don't.
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tao lin is so five years ago
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He makes threads about himself
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what if heaven isnt real but hell is?
im fucking serious, how do we know that when we die we wont wake up screaming in a pit of fire?
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>>9245033
You can't have one without the other, you dumbass. You have to be at least 18 years old to post on this board.
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>>9245039
but what if heaven is here, on earth? what if what little joy we have in life is the heaven compared to the suffering in hell?
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>>9245039
>You can't have one without the other
Why?
Help me understand why everyone claims this man was a quasi-prophet. So, I get his message about us discarding our old Gods leaves us vulnerable to nihilism and being human requires a richer and deeper narrative than what scientism can afford, but from what I can tell, none of this has come to pass yet.
Like, I've heard people claim how Nietzsche predicted the world wars because of this and how even today we seem to be divided and all alone. However, none of the wars in the 19th century can be attributed to a loss of faith, instead I'd argue it has more to do with a clash in economic ideologies. Furthermore, only in recent years has practice of religion declined and it's not even significant yet.
I'm sincerely confused, because many people use Nietzsche as a reference when talking about the fall of Western civilization.. but the vast majority of people are still religious and have been so for centuries.
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>>9244987
I advise you actually try reading his books.
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>Furthermore, only in recent years has practice of religion declined and it's not even significant yet.
Nigga, people being killed on the Middle East right now for religious beliefs. Maybe I'd tell you that it isn't relevant in the West but I bet there are many arguments against that even.
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>>9244987
>but the vast majority of people are still religious and have been so for centuries.
the vast majority is worthless
religion has in the intellectual sphere lost it's dominant position in the western(=only) world and is now on constant retreat wherever it finds itself
>the Love which moves the sun and the other stars
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is your mom that fat?
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>>9245263
this thread ended sooner than expected
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>>9245270
no it didn't
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Post literature that you cried while or after reading. I'll start.
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>>9244900
I wish I could cry. Sometimes I come close. One time last year I cried because I was so angry. But I don't really remember the last time I felt anything other than anxiety or anger. Sometimes I start to feel something, I think, and then something inside me just shuts it down. I watch shows and read books. But nothing really affects me. Often I'm motivated to watch the next episode, but.. I'm not really sure if I'm even feeling anything. I hope I can find something that will touch me soon.
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Borges' essay Beatrice's Last Smile:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ueudzoqidwd3lx/Beatrice%27s%20Last%20Smile.pdf?dl=0
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>>9245599
go outside more, exercise, and eat well