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>hasn't read Menexenus
Why anon? It's one of Plato's most important dialogues
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>>7697400
This recurring thread made me confused when I first saw it, but now I chuckle every time.
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Where can I find this in txt, MOBI or PDF? 2016-02-14 21:12:38 Post No.7697393
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Where can I find this in txt, MOBI or PDF?
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Or any of Gil Orlovitz's other works such as Ice Never F?
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Uh, oh.
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>>7697417
"Uh oh" what?
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>>7697788
Books become "memes" around here so fast.
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Where should I start with this bad boy?
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page 1
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>>7697344
>not starting on page 0
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>>7697351
All those extra pages add up. Every few hundred books you start on page 0 equals oe more book you could have read starting on page 1. Hell, I sometimes start on page 4.
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free literature courses 2016-02-14 20:35:20 Post No.7697265
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Hello /lit/, I've been coming here for a couple of months now and I've been wanting to learn to appreciate literature on a deeper level. There seems to be a great deal of websites online dedicated to teaching courses on the likes of programming and mathematics, but very little in terms of literature.
In short, where can I study a University tier literature course online, for free? It doesn't need to be accredited, I don't plan a career in literature and want to do this purely for pleasure.
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>>7697265
there are Yale and Harvard ENG lectures online. just read what they read in their syllabuses and watch the lectures accordingly
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Classical studies.
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>>7697325
Thank you, the only Yale course I can find is an introduction to English literature. Should that be sufficient?
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I know Ligotti gets brought up A LOT in horror threads on /lit/, but I was wondering if anyone else finds his work to be a bit underwhelming? Since Penguin reissued Grimscribe/Songs I've read four of his books (the other two being Noctuary and Teatro) but I feel like he's been writing the same story for the past thirty years or so (Protagonist encounters malevolent force that is usually indescribable/extremely abstract that confirms the absurdity and meaningless of human consciousness to him.) I can appreciate the general atmosphere he conjures in stories like 'In a Foreign Town, in a Foreign Land', but in terms of actual substance he seems a bit lacking and at times his stories seem borderline devoid of plot. I'm not at all saying that he's awful (I've enjoyed him enough that I've bought/read four of his books), but why has he become such a cult figure in horror fiction, to the extent that he has an entire forum dedicated to discussion of his writing? Am I missing something major here?
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I read a bit of Teatro Grosso and gave up midway: was bored as shit by it. Not scary, just ambling atmosphere with figures in the dark.
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>>7697363
Pretty much. He sets up a creepy atmosphere but doesn't do anything with it. Also his endings suck. "END THEN A SKELETON POPPED OUT"-tier. He could just end his stories a paragraph or two earlier out of nowhere and they would improve.
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I agree. I was a huge Ligotti fan for a while, but after reading Grimscribe/Songs, it does seem like he was a one-trick pony. Before I read them, I thought maybe he had something interesting going on, something that wasn't just an evolved Lovecraft rip-off, but now I realise that his new stuff which I had enjoyed so much was simply built on his Lovecraft imitation. Discovering the missing link made it all so underwhelming.
On the positive side, means it's less work for me to outdo him. Or anyone else.
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>Tfw when there's no working /lit/ archive.
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>>7697183
only the memes remain
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https://dialecticarchives.com/
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"if you can't remember it, it's not worth it." - bob marley
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I really want to get pic related, but I'm only interested in getting this specific cover, as I think it's beautiful and it's the same as the version I checked out from the library. Unfortunately the dumb bastards at Modern Library have since reissued the book with a lesser cover but with the same ISBN. I'm having trouble tracking down this exact copy, especially since most booksellers are a bunch of cunts who use stock images and don't guarantee that the cover will be the same.
Anyone have any tips?
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then email them and ask what cover they have. are you stupid
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get it used on ebay ya dingus
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Can you really learn Italian in two weeks?
What is the easiest language to learn to speak conversationally?
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You can't
Probably English
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>>7697113
Why did he say that then??
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>>7697114
I don't know, I haven't read the book. I'm Italian tho and I meet foreign people on a daily basis, which provides me with empirical evidence that no, you probably can't learn a language in two weeks - although you can probably learn a few hundred phrases and get around with those, so maybe that's what I meant.
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Has anybody here learned a language just to be able to read fiction in that language? Tell me about your routine.
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That is one highly detailed pussy
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i started learning Russian. in the process, i got to know quite a few Russian people. i found them untrustworthy, manipulative, deceitful, bitter, angry, careless, rude, opinionated and self-centered.
think i might start learning Japanese instead.
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>>7697065
You don't actually have to learn the language in order to read literature in that language. Just enjoy the beautiful sounds of the language.
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So I just finished reading this book, and I really enjoyed it a lot. I didn't get a lot of the 80's referances, being from 88 i missed out on most of the 80's. But I knew most of them, Can't wait to see how they will translate it to the big screen. I really hope they keep the robot battles and the puzzles mostly the same. I understand that they might have to xhange some things due to licensing. Makes me wonder how they were able to put this book out in the first place, so many fun little referances.
I'm planning on buying Armada, the second book of this author. Does anyone know some other books with a similar feel to this one?
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0/10 bait
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>>7697066
I just want to talk about this book, and maybe find some new books to read.
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>>7697125
This is a literature board. Try r/books.
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I'm 21 years old, am i too old for reading this?
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>>7697038
No, but you might not be Irish enough.
If you read it in an Irish accent you might like it though.
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>>7697038
Of course not.
Of all the good reasons not to read it, that is not one of them.
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>>7697050
Well, i mean, in my first language the book is called 'Portrait of the Adolescent Artist', the adolescent part kind of turned me off
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What's the most erotic thing you've ever encountered reading literary fiction--or, at least, reading fiction that isn't explicitly erotic?
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>>7696996
I'd do anything to bend her over and smell and lick her asshole
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>>7697008
I can make that happen. leave you email adress and I will contact you with paypal information.
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dose it smell nice?
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>Are there any book similar to this trailer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4jYpEjIaFA
It kind of reminds me of Tell tale heart.
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It's pretty obviously inspired by Lovecraft's work, every other thing he wrote is like that. Start with the short story Pickman's Model, then try Rats in the Walls.
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yes that reminds me a lot of poe
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How do you pleasantly read poetry aloud?
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Between a girl's thighs.
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No ass
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>>7696947
By avoiding HACK Vetriano at all costsPeregrine Heathcote is worse, at least Jack has the excuse of being self taught and working class
pic related, comfiest book in the history of literature imho
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agreed
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>>7696931
Is this book a meme? I ask because my wife wants me to read it with her.
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>tfw he described kisses he received from mother