William Gass' Fifty Pillars

long interview

http://raintaxi.com/online/2013spring/William%20Gass%20Interview.pdf

Gass' recommendations:

>Literature: John Hawkes, The Lime Twig. Stanley Elkin, The Living End. William Gaddis, J R.

>Philosophy (for beginners): Plato, Apology & Symposium, Bachelard, The Poetics of Space, Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Santayana, Skepticism and Animal Faith.

>>9413339
Nice to see Stendahl, Le Morte d'Arthur and Thucydides next to so many memes

>>9413408
Elkin seems to have been almost completely forgotten by now.

>>9413339
What an ugly man

>>9413408
Why would he recommend two semi-obscure philosophical works as appropriate for beginners?

Where is the source on those recommendations?

>>9415751
because they're not obscure

>>9415842
Yes they are

>>9416364
there's literally millions of books written that can be placed in a philosophy section. There aren't any people who have a serious interest in philosophy who haven't heard of Poetics of Space or Santayana