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All 19th century poetry seems the same to me. I can't tell Bryon and Shelley from Whitman and Thoreau.
What are the major stylistic differences between the poets and movements from that century? I recognize that poetry was divided between narrative works (Poe, Coleridge) and abstract modern stuff (Whitman) but that's it.
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>>7702206
>I can't tell Bryon and Shelley from Whitman and Thoreau.
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>>7702206
My knowledge of all four of them are incredibly superficial, but you should at least be able to identify Whitman by his free verse (i.e. no rhyme, no set form except) and his "muh america"
Looking for books on the theme of a hero who realises he's actually the villain. Like Saul/Paul in the Bible. In comic book form there's I am Legend. I'm sure there's more of these, I just can't think of them. So stories or conversion, or stories of realising you're the evil that you see in the world.
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>>7702194
The guy from I am legend still wasn't the bad guy
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Off-topic but:
I'm on my term break and I went home to my mother's place and I ate like an entire 8-pack of Snickers bars.
I still crave chocolate and just discovered a single Mars bar, however the packaging of the entire 8-pack is gone and I can't check the expiration date, and I think I remember seeing Mars bars at my mother's place a few months ago.
Now I wonder if that bar I have now might have belonged to the set of Mars bars I had seen back then, at my mother's place you know.
What I wanted to ask basically is, if this Mars bar is still good to eat or if I will be cursed with food poisoning if I eat it.
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Bumpu desu
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Is he right?
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>>7702179
>*Political view that I don't like* is what angsty teenagers think. Grow the fuck up.
>*Political view that I currently have* is the only choice for mature adults like me!
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>>7702184
You can be the biggest ancap or whatever and Ayn Rand is still terrible.
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>>7702192
This.
Did she write in English? Either the translation I was reading is absolutely terrible or she should have been writing in Russian.
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/lit/ I need your help
please tell me I'm not the only one who remembers this as "where the wild things are"?
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>>7702177
4/10 made me check
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>>7702185
I'd say that's a 10/10
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lol I get the joke
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What the fuck was this guys deal?!
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He's rather gifted with banality.
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>died a virgin at like 50 something
ouch
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>>7702153
He had autism.
It's hilarious to see some shitty unsuccessful writers trying to cash out on even shittier successful authors.
http://www.lawyerherald.com/articles/33670/20160214/mortal-instruments-author-cassandra-clare-calls-sherrilyn-kenyons-plagiarism-accusations.htm
>Sherrilyn Kenyon filed a complaint on Feb. 5 against Cassandra Clare "for trademark infringement, copyright infringement, unfair competition, false advertising, and trade dress infringement." The Guardian reported Kenyon alleges that Clare "knowingly and willfully copied" some portion of Kenyon's "Dark Hunter" series to create her popular YA tomes "The Mortal Instruments."
>Kenyon's "Dark Hunter" series was first published in 1998, while Clare's "The Mortal Instruments" first came out in print in 2007.
>The complaint cites that both book franchises tell the story of an "elite band of warriors" that save humans from paranormal forces. These warriors, referred to in the books as hunters, maintain the balance between good and evil to protect humans from succumbing to maleficent powers.
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literature is not art for these people, it's a business.
>insert capitalism meme here
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>>7702110
so what
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people have different interests and what is a boring story to you is a world of meaning to someone else.
Some of you might already know the Harvard Classics collection ("Five Foot Shelf"); as someone who's following the 15 min/day method, I must say, things are appearing to me differently as they normally would. And by that, I humbly mean that I feel like my sense of perception and criticism has been sharpened.
Have you guys heard about it before?
Also, what would the "liberal education essentials" be?
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>>7702099
I suppose OP is referring to this >> http://www.mensetmanus.net/inspiration/fifteen_minutes_a_day/
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>>7702117
Yes, thank you. Have you followed the one year reading program?
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>>7702099
I have the third volume at home. I bought it for like $3 or something.
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Does /lit/ ever talk about Michael Chabon?
I just started The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. I find his style creative and honestly pretty impressive but I can't help but feel like he takes god damn forever to say anything because he's too busy tickling his balls with all the wordplay. The plot is meh.
Still, it's better than most of the postmodernist garbage some of you seem to get off on. Pic related, he writes exactly how I expect the person in that picture to write.
Thoughts on Chabon?
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Kavalier and Klay was great; Yiddish policemen's union was only okay. He's a bit meandering, but it's not unpleasant imo. Good-tier writer.
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K&C and TMOP are God tier books
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Kavalier & Clay is OK, but it also furthered the horrible 'muh comix r culture too, worth being studied in the academy' movement which is slowly destroying our adult culture, so I'm pretty cold to it all things considered.
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Tell me a bedtime story, /lit/.
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One word at a time, /lit/.
IF
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>>7702085
OP here, no.
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>>7702093
OP here, I approve.
Hey /lit/, I have one week to learn all the essentials of Socialism. From it's inception to modern times, could I get a reading list to master socialism in one week's time?
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just read To The Finland Station, it gonna tell u what u need
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>>7702070
Works great till you run out of other peoples' money
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>>7702070
Berkman - ABC of Anarchism
Kropotkin - Conquest of Bread
Bakunin - God and the State
Proudhon - What is Property?
Goldman - Anarchism and Other Essays
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Have you guys seen these book reviews?
I am particularly fond of BooksAndShit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atnAagJAMf0
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>>7701975
Ceit is that you? If so please fuck off promoting your qt gf.
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why is her hair all wet in her latest review? Was it made post-coitus or something?
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>>7701975
I am particularly fond of based John Dolan.
http://exiledonline.com/a-million-pieces-of-shit/
He is living the true literary lifestyle, currently on the run in Turin. Make sure John Dolan doesn't starve to death by donating to his patreon and subscribing to his The War Nerd Podcast.
If you support John Dolan please reply with "Thanks based John Dolan".
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comfy books thread
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all of austen
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The Forest Path to the Spring - Malcolm Lowry
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Hey guys, I'm trying to read Wolfgang Koeppen's A Sad Affair for free, but I'm having trouble finding the text. Does anyone have some sort of link or Pdf files? It would be very appreciated.
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Can't help you
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Have you tried the library?
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>>7701982
I specifically need it tonight, and the library didn't have it.
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Is naturalism completely dead or are there still such writers nowadays?
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Oh snap it's le I WAS ACCUSED merchant goy?
Was it Asperger's?
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>>7701755
probably, along with most other brilliant people throughout history.
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maybe a little bit
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>>7701755
That interview's a goldmine. I wonder if he banged that German chick who was interviewing him.