Weekly reminder to be kinder and to encourage one another on this board. Anon hasn't read Shakespeare? He may be retarded faggy pleb, but at the very least you should recommend him/her some plays. Anon says he likes 2666? Ask him some specific questions as to why, rather than just calling him a brainlet or a retard and his new favorite book a meme.
Recall: /Lit/ is the Monteparnasse of the internet age. It's the last bastion of authentic literary discussion in an increasingly illiterate, degenerating society. Lift somebody up, don't push them away.
>>9831711
/lit/ ios great because we treat such lowlife as we do
if we started to be huge pussies as you propose this would turn into r/books
>>9831732
No. My point is you can call me a faggot, tell me to kill myself, etc., but plz do so in service of literature.
>>9831711
Pic related
>When Plato gave Socrates's definition of man as "featherless bipeds" and was much praised for the definition, Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it into Plato's Academy, saying, "Behold! I've brought you a man." After this incident, "with broad flat nails" was added to Plato's definition.
Was Diogenes a postmodernist?
>>9831684
im redpilled white nationalism
>>9831684
wtf no. He was a cynic, maybe an absurdist by modern definitions, but I can't think of anything remotely post-modern about his philosophy. Post-modernism requires distance, in order to be able to compare your society against another. Even at the height of alexander's empire, i really doubt Diogenes had the ability to adopt a relativist position on his own culture and others.
>>9831696
im the dog with no neck that isn't cool enuff to hang with diogenes dogs
Hey /lit/ can we get a history book thread.
Please post and recommend some god tier history books.
Pic related, is a very good and informative book.
I can also recommend the following books:
Crown and country - David Starkey (This is about the English monarchy and although it isn't the most detailed it is very informative.
The Romanovs - Siomon Sebag Montefiore (Very good and detailed, left me wanting more)
I'm trying to read pic related in Op's post.
I really can't get through it. Not EVERY fucking detail is important. I'm often confounded as to exactly what the hell the book is even talking about, because it loses it's narrative about 50 times a page in tangents and digressions.
The chapter titles are kind of funny, because I read the chapter and go back and look at the title and think, "Wait....did they talk about that AT FUCKING ALL in this goddamn mess of words?"
>>9831649
try something more redpilled, retard
>tfw you only really read to write better
>>9831612
so you're a pseud?
>>9831617
no, I'm studying. I care about writing. Pseuds care about image.
>>9831628
you told us this, you're a pseud
LOL
>>9831607
holy fuck confirmed for redpilled. you just know he praised lord kek for the white future
>>9831607
He's right though.
>>9831620
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAE_QQ-GcJE
these are the 'real men' today
Thoughts on these books? imo thought they were extremely boring and overrated.
But that's just me. I don't really like the fantasy genre in general
>>9831588
You're the same guy who posts these every day, aren't you?
What exactly are you hoping to achieve?
It's like going to /pol/ and asking about what their thoughts on Jews are, or going to /r9k/ and asking for their opinion on women.
>>9831588
the accomplishment of harry potter is its role in the apotheosis of the disenchantment of the modern world, sapping even its speculative fiction of wonder. it truly made even magic seem non-magical
I liked them a lot as a kid, but recently I realized I didn't actually like them for the fantasy or worldbuilding (which I always had trouble with) or even for the characters. It turns out I like them because I'm a sucker for whodunits. It scratches the same itch for me as Agatha Christie (and Sherlock Holmes but I won't even pretend they're on the same level).
So, are we going to not talk about Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Sam Shepard's passing?
Yeah, it's really bumming me out. I've been meaning to read some of his work for a while now because I'm only familiar with him as an actor. I'm going to watch Days of Heaven later to mourn. Which play should I start with?
>>9831500
Gotta be True West.
Buried Child is some great, heavy shit, but in terms of really tackling the themes that Shepard handles, it doesn't get better than True West.
>>9831500
>Which play should I start with?
Not OP. True West is real good. He was a talented writer.
That said, something about that guy. A chad, a good actor *and* a good writer. Sheesh. Well, now he's gone. I guess it all evens out in the end, maybe.
What is your opinion of anonymity in literature and poetry? Do you think it makes the impact of writing more potent? Who are some decent writers that use a pseudonym?
>>9831382
I general, I dislike anonymous literature because I believe that the author's background can reveal a lot about intent, context and meaning.
>>9831388
>authorial intent
you need to go back
>>9831382
Inb4 no on publishes white men anymore
To answer your question op, I think it can force readers to address the word with no consideration of the source which can be good. On another level it's not so necessary anymore. George Elliot was a male pseudonym so that her books could be published. But that was a different time. Now there are so many journals that there is space for most anyone of talent.
so what is the conclusion of the story?
i don't get it.
DUDE NIRVANA LMAO
Siddhartha is the dumbed down, simplified, child version of "Narziß und Goldmund"!
that's because you have to live your life and work it out yourself
Why were women ever allowed in the literary community?
They do most of the consuming and clicking so (((they))) make sure they feel included.
>>9831236
>1/3 of her review dedicated to a book cover
>50 likes
Why is goodreads such fucking cancer?
>>9831236
*why were nutjobs ever allowed into the literary community
Books for heart break.
Start with the Greeks.
>>9831205
you want something happy, sad, or bittersweet?
>>9831288
Not OP but I'll take those happy books if you got em
Is it wrong if literature is a part of your identity?
>>9830980
Yes
YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW
You're not the boss of me now
What does /lit/ think of Douglas Murray?
>>9830776
He is right you know.
>>9830776
He's beceome progressively more edgy in the last two years, in that he is now bordering on white-nationalist tier
>>9833102
the fact that even suggesting that England should remain primarily English, Germany should remain primarily German, and so on, is considered equivalent to Nazism, basically tells you everything you need to know about who actually owns those societies. Of course, exterminating Palestinians in the name of your nation is perfectly acceptable when you're of the Chosen.
/lit/, I have no religious faith or belief but I am interested in understanding other ways of looking at the world. In order to gain the best understanding, I ideally want the 'best' versions of texts for the following areas e.g. non-sectarian, ecumenical and, for want of a better word, broad editions where possible:
The Bible (heard the NRSV is the best for my needs)
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (popular, but maybe not the best place to start.
The Quran (in English)
The Tanakh (or should I just stick with the Torah?)
Buddhism
Taoism
etc.
Help a faithless /lit/izen out?
>inb4 start with the greeks
The NSRV contains all of the canonical works which are Tanakh. Unless you want a specifically want an edition edited and translated by Jewish people for Jewish people, you'll be fine. The Jewish Study Bible is probably your best bet if you do want that, though.
t. a Jew
>>9830684
google "Frithjof Schuon"
he should be one of your pillars of guidance in understanding other religions and especially the underlying esoteric truth behind all of them.
read his books, also his essays; he was friends with Guenon and other high tier religious thinkers
>>9830731
I'll go with the NRSV and Jewish Study Bible, thank you!
>>9830778
Never heard of him. He sounds interesting. Is there a definitively good place to start? Googling it, I see Art from the Sacred to the Profane: East and West, The Essential Frithjof Schuon and The Essential Writings of Frithjof Schuon.
>“Achilles glared at him and answered, "Fool, prate not to me about covenants. There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other out and out an through. Therefore there can be no understanding between you and me, nor may there be any covenants between us, till one or other shall fall”
>BAD
>MOTHERFUCKER
>>9830672
Flashman
>>9830672
It's this the Butler translation?
>>9830672
My diary desu