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Is there any way to discern the true literary figures of an age, whilst they're alive? Reliable as posterity may be, and however many authors find their fame posthumously because of it, there are many instances where great minds have recognized other great minds in the same lifetime.
Goethe and Carlyle exchanged letters, Hemingway and Joyce hung out, etc. How do we tell if a writer is going to be one of Schopenhauer's 'stars', as opposed to a mere comet - a flash in the pan?
Many authors resign themselves to the aforementioned hope of posthumous fame, although Nietzsche made a convincing hope against doing so - and to strive for recognition whilst alive.
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>>8339264
>Is there any way to discern the true literary figures of an age, whilst they're alive?
Having good taste.
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>>8339264
You know it when you see it.
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>>8339264
>Goethe and Carlyle exchanged letters
Good letters too.
Goethe sent Carlyle and his wife presents almost every time.
The gifts for his wife included necklaces/etc. Almost as if he was trying to cuck Carlyle.
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>>8339308
Nah, Goethe was just a bro.
He had so much sex when he was young that he transcended the need for it anyways.
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>>8339326
I think I remember reading that Schopenhauer fucked loads of chicks in his youth too, desu.
Almost impressive that he found the time to write Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung.
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>>8339264
>Is there any way to discern the true literary figures of an age, whilst they're alive?
History usually discerns quality better than anything, so if something is written well it will usually get the recognition it deserves, so long as it doesn't get destroyed along the way.
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>>8340421
And by history I mean the passage of time.
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