Why do we fellate this old Jew?
>>8791162
We need some kind of superior who validates our lifestyle choice of only reading the least accessible books.
>>8791172
this
>>8791162
>lives the /lit/ life
>incredibly well read
>memorizes all the great poems and great prose passages
>against SJWs
>against pleb lit
>likes the good 2/3s of the meme trilogy
>has sex with his students
>scared David Duchovny out of studying lit which got him into acting
What's not to like?
>we
Yeah, just like "we" fellate Peterson, Taleb, and all other modern "intellectuals".
>>8791181
Also he loves Jane Austen, Dickens, and Tolstoy. Anon there has no idea who Bloom is.
>>8791181
You know as well as I know that when they're widely read it's in schools, and they're often skimmed at that.
>>8791212
Shakespeare's one of the best selling authors to exist. Not everyone reads him for school. If you actually talk around with book lovers you'd find out even the plebbiest of them have a few shakespeare plays on their shelf.
>>8791212
they're read in schools but they're also widely read outside of schools by people who like to read
they're some of the most popular and influential books on modern western society/culture
they're by no means "inaccessible" for the large part