Archived threads in /lit/ - Literature - 684. page

>>9733416
By actually starting with the romans because the greeks are totally inapplicable to today

Just read the Iliad. Yes you will think it's a massive book, yes you will also don't understand anything the first 50 to 100 pages. Just struggle through, try reading it aloud and look at some internet resources every now and then.

>>9733416
Start with Plato. You're going to get meme'd into thinking that you need to study a dozen irrelevant presocratics, and have a scholarly understanding of Greek mythology and history. But in reality, a book with footnotes, and google should clear all of that up. He's a pretty easy read for a beginner; though you might want to find some analyses of the text you're reading, so that you can absorb it to its fullest potential.

Or maybe a Marxist criticism on "Money" by Larkin?

>inb4 sjw

Hope there's someone experienced who is interested in poetry ;_;

>>9733571
I think you should do your own homework bro

Ask your teacher for help, he's there for a reason

>>9733357
british?
for me hands down chesterton

>>9733357
I read Chesterton's orthodoxy and I disliked the way he glossed over ideas and individuals he disagreed with it often came off as a strawman. He would state their position or sum up what he thought was their main idea say why he would think it was wrong and then use an example or allegory which basically came down to "Egad fellow! You're absolutely insane!". It seems to be a tactic often used by Journalists they can slip in little things like that through their command of language which gives them the power of creating vivid descriptions.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, catholic orthodox, british at heart.

>>9732266
>posts a woman
nice bait

>>9732266
I agree; except for the light above one's head none could lead and none were ever lead.

>>9732270
Posts the right 16 yr old girl, rather. Beyond either question or b8.

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>>9731004
>reading to kill a mockingbird in class
>get to say "negro"

>>9731004

>ahh...uhh..n..n...n-nig-GAH..!!??
>looks up at black kid

>>9731004

I hated that shit. Thought it was so awkward.

THE END

>>9728947
>a direct reference to the title
>written by a woman
>written by a negro

>The dolphin screamed: EEEEE EEE EEEE

>>9719538
I hope they take pictures for us. I would have gone just for this reason alone if I were still in NYC.

>>9719538
How old must you be to attend this event?

Please ell me you're not actually meeting at the Times Square Sbarro's

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Dear Diary!
I think I managed to meme my Japanese shelf to death.
(Jokes aside, the book on the right is pretty good, if a bit dry.)
pls rate

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more on the way

>>9718130
why tho?

>>9713072
Also, I couldn't find a pdf/epub of Fagles, if anyone can provide that, I'd appreciate it!

Awhile ago a kind anon linked me an archived post about ebook resources organized by English, French, etc etc and it had tons of useful links, but alas I forgot to bookmark them. If anyone knows about this, please do share :-)

which translation of mein kampf is the most accurate, ie closest to the original, also where can it be found

>>9713093
just learn german nigga

>>9710498
nice

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>>9710498

Restructure that in paragraphs

>>9738758
>Is there any website which has good literature reviews and analysis, political, social and economic discussions, art reviews and recommendations?

You don't understand. The internet is an ultimate library of human INFORMATION. If you're looking for WISDOM you have to look somewhere else.

>>9738758
>art reviews
Sundays museums are incredibly cheap.
>Even I can affor them then
Go in your nearest art museum and look at art that pleases you and then please, if it is a good museum, read in one of its provided books what the meaning or at least circumstances were when the painting was created and what special technique or message was included.
Art is to be seen in the original.
Any "Art" you see on the Interenet or any screen is Augenblickskunst that is msot likely shallow and uninteresting really.
You can't appreaciate art online.
Don't fight it and don't try it.

>>9738397
Well prose rates a 74 on the importance scale, whilst plot only gets a score of 71, so yes, prose is more important than plot.

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>importance

>>9738397
Stories are about human struggles. Good prose is needed for good characterization. Any story that is pure plot or pure ideas will be wholly superseded and forgotten.

This is taking the "I have a black friend!" defense to a new height of retardism

There's literally nothing wrong with disregarding women.

>>9738140
She's only cool because she fucked Heidegger

>>9737971

If you can avoid Amazon then do so. The less business you give them the better.

>>9737971

There is no downside or trick to BookDepository shipping rates. It really is just the cost of the book itself and that's it. I use them all the time.

>>9737976
You know Amazon owns Book Depository right?

>>9737767
I bought 5 copies of it for resale

my library ordered 5 copies because I asked them for 1

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>>9737844
>tfw I'm gonna sell this to slow idiots on /lit/ who forgot to preorder for >$100 a pop