>There’s no reason to blot the page up with weird little

>>9370397
This is now a literature class.

Why do you think he made it in Italics, OP?

>>9370397
Is he reading something in italics in that photo?

>>9370401
to indicate that the whole chapter should be read with more emphasis

>>9370397
>italics is punctuation
>italics is weird little marks
what did he mean by this, the man said

These weird little marks serve to make writing clearer and well-organised, you pretentious old twat.

>hating on non-punctuation
oy vey!

>>9372231
I think the point is that puncuation is unnecessary if the writing is clear. For example, you don't need quote marks if it's clear that a character is speaking, not the narrator.

So why put the whole first part of Suttree in italics. It's clear from the tone and register that it's a different voice from the main narrator. Why not just use roman?

Italics may not technically be punctuation, but in spirit its the same thing.