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ITT: Sum what the current novel you are writing is about 2016-12-17 08:20:57 Post No.8854287
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ITT: Sum what the current novel you are writing is about
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a day in god's life
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>>8854287
The glory of the scent of a hot girl's butthole
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>>8854287
It is not about C-list youtube stars
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Several days ago, someone posted a list of the essential works of Western literature... Homer to Pynchon, if memory serves.
Anyone got it? I have a few hours off today, I'm going to read them all.
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>>8854231
>Pynchon
pleb
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>>8854246
Wow /lit/ is really helpful and nice. Thanks.
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>>8854255
Lol who anywhere ever lead you to believe otherwise? Pleb
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Should I buy Don Quixote ? 2016-12-17 08:06:56 Post No.8854223
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Should I buy Don Quixote ?
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So I'm about to order some expensive edition of Cervante's Don Quixote ?
Is this book any good ?
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>>8854223
Of course it is good, coome on yu are in /lit/ wtf, why are you asking if you should buy El Quijote, of cocourse you fucking must
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>>8854223
If its translated then why even bother.
If it's in spanish, get the RAE edition.
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>>8854243
ok so im just gonna learn spanish over night
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Which author is Charlie Kaufman's screenwriting comparable to?
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Vonnegut
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Kafka tbqh
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>>8854193
He's quite original so I don't think there's an absolute equivalent but H. Murakami, Borges and Beckett come to mind.
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How do I tell my cousin that I'm appalled by her upcoming publication?
>fucking hate my cousin
>cousin went to UAL, specifically chose England because she likes the British accent
>cousin wants to graduate UAL
>graduating project is her asking for anonymous anecdotal stories in the theme of love
>her sole contribution is to compile them into a book and try to make the book look pretty
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write an incest fantasy
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further expanding my case
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Why are the irish so good at writing?
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>>8854024
I don't know, this country is a dump, I hate it.
Maybe because we are depressed as fuck?
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>>8854024
Fear of ass is a powerful motivator to produce great art.
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Will Substance Metaphysics ever recover?
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>>8854023
Welp, apparently.
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great thread
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>>8855207
Thoroughly enjoyed it, I think it's time to let it die my friend
Who's the manliest writer?
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Tolkien.
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Hemingway
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Woolf
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What is some good literature about the founding fathers? People always say things like "When the second amendment was written they were only thinking about muskets!" which sounds true but I would like to learn more about how they thought.
Thanks guys.
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the federalist papers
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>>8853981
If your focus is more on the Constitution, then "Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies" is essential for constitutional law students. There also exists this online, interactive source:
http://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution
But if your focus is on the Founding Fathers themselves, then The Federalist Papers and then pretty much whatever they wrote.
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>>8854007
Thanks guys. I really want to learn about this subject. I feel somewhat it is my duty as an American.
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Is it true that above all else, a good writer needs an intense ability to introspect and to be self-aware? Are the best writers also those with the most intrapersonal intelligence?
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>>8853957
at least on an abstract level. There are tons of writers who are mostly assholes in real life. Gaddis' daughter wrote that he was basically mute and spent all of his time in his office reading and writing. She said something to the effect that he was so wrapped up in the virtual languages of books that he had forgotten how to speak ordinary English and basically never spoke to anyone in the house.
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>>8853969
Wow I can really see where Gwyon came from, then. Where's the source for that? But anyways, I don't know if their being an asshole necesarily reveals a lack of self-awareness. The Recognitions is an intensely introspective book, in my opinion, about the relationship of the sort of fragmentary self and art in the modern world
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>>8853979
It might be a bit of projection on my part but its from her novel called Swallow Hard. Read a review or the synopsis and see for yourself how autobiographical it might be.
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>The definition of the true savage is that he laughs when he hurts you; and howls when you hurt him. - G. K. Chesterton
Here's an interesting way to describe savagery, basing it around self-awareness and the ability to reflectively analyze. Let's discuss.
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>>8853944
i posted this in the last thread and some illiterate said it's "not meant to be taken literally," but i think that he's alluding through "howl" to wolves, implying that savages call for help when hurt, as well as implying that the civilized men suffer alone.
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>>8853944
How is the savage wrong?
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>>8853967
Retard
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lmao who else has a first edition 82 year old book of poems printed at oxford university?
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>>8853921
i have a first edition of Brideshead Revisited that i got for $2, and i have another of this book called Adventures Of Captain Kettle from 1898
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>>8853935
me too, with the jacket. I also have a 1st. ed. of For Whom The Bells Toll with jacket I got from Goodwill for 3 dollars. I forgot how much Brideshead was tho.
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>>8853921
I have an 1805 Leipzig edition of Aeschylus in the original with running Latin translation.
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Books about North Korea 2016-12-17 06:15:05 Post No.8853840
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Quick! I need to get my sister a Christmas present. She aspires to be a journalist and is intrigued by North Korea. She's already read some books about North Korea, can /lit/ find me a relatively new but good book about North Korea? I don't want one that's outdated pls.
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>>8853851
That looks very good! Thank you! I'll get that for her in addition to "Girl with Seven Names".
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>>8853840
Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-Il wrote some good books, I forgot the titles though.
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What does /lit/ think of this guy? Is he a weirdo?
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>>8853803
He's a hack. If he were alive right now he'd be a cancerous /pol9k/ frogfaggot
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>>8853803
I hear his poetry's good. His novels are second-rate by modernist standards, closer to Hardy except without the gothic-romantic genius. The few short stories of his that I've read were better, similar to Maugham but still lacking.
Can anyone give me a good sample of his verse?
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>>8853822
That's false. He's a good writer, in a very quiet way. If you like Graham Greene, I think you'll like D.H. Lawrence.
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Just finished reading Heart of Darkness.
What should I read next? Looking for something equally as enthralling.
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Fuck off
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>>8853815
Fuck on
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The Golden Ass - Apuleius