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I'm doing a six credit hour workshop, two hours a day three days a week for three months, on shakespeare to finish my Masters degree. I need to buy a very large number of shakespeare's works. I'm still very lacking in collecting classics, and thus have not chosen a uniform publisher for these types of things.
Over christmas break I need to do that because I don't want to waste a bunch of money buying these books just to replace them down the road to have a pretty book shelf.
What does /lit/ advise? What are my options for publishers who cover...
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>>7384436
The Great Books of the Western World has Shakespeare split up in two books. You could probably get them pretty cheap.
>>7384493
Only two books? And it isn't tiny print, thin pages, etc?
Shit, matching simplistic hardcover books. It's the dream anon. TV shows and movies piss me off because they make it seem like everyone with books has this setup.
Where should I start with Lovecraft?
Dagon and The Music of Erich Zann
Don't
Is the Necronomicron the best collection?
I want to read something with characters with massive/big powers, like, earth-shattering shit. Why? Because its fun, that's why. Of course, no comics.
Anybody has any suggestions?
Pic not related.
>>7384408
the prose edda
>>7384414
Ok, that helps. Keep 'em coming. Amazon shit is also does the trick. I'm a normy and actually have a job.
>>7384408
Worm. Its a capeshit webserial that's actually really good. Lots of grey morality, Premise boiled down is basically otherworldly powers fucking about with earthly reality. MC is a teenage girl who controls bugs
Would recommend
What are some books about gaining confidence?
No shitty "self-help" books full of fillers, please.
>>7384365
Just stop being such a fucking faggot you fucking faggot.
The Ego and His Own
>>7384375
I have read it.
It's not related to confidence at all.
I read a bunch of Ezra Pound for a class and I really want to keep going. What do I pick up specifically to tackle him head on?
I've read both his prose and poetry in a limited amount, and am interested in both. If I'm interested in buying everything he wrote is there a reasonable collection I can buy in a few books? If not, I'd appreciate some fairly large collections to start.
Any advice is appreciated.
>>7384284
Cantos should be one volume, his poetry another.
I took this one IIRC out at my library, it's pretty comprehensive:
http://www.amazon.com/Ezra-Pound-Translations-Library-America/dp/1931082413/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448328917&sr=8-1&keywords=pound+poems+and+translations
As for the Cantos, I don't know, someone else can tell you.
Don't bother with any of his prose collections. His prose writing is really dreadful.
>>7384304
Here's a picture of a typical LoA hardcover. The Pound volume was more of a maroon color but otherwise looked the same. The insides were good, the pages a little thin for my taste but w/e, the typeface was OK, and the poems were formatted properly.
>>7384316
And here's a screenshot of one of Amazon's scans from a LoA Whitman volume to give you a sense for what I mean about the typeface. It's not awful, but it's not my favourite.
Who's your countrys most well regarded literary figure?
>Canada
Pic related or Margaret Atwood
I've tried to read Frye and Atwood, and I must say, being Canadian kinda sucks
but, in all honesty, our most important "literary" figure is probably Leonard Cohen
>>7385864
This is embarrassing.
>>7385864
HE OFFERED HER AN ORGY
IN A MANY MIRRORED ROOM
![220px-Gatsby_1925_jacket[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/YuEM0H9.gif "220px-Gatsby_1925_jacket[1].gif")
I'm halfway through this and it's getting really boring. I really enjoyed the beginning and thus powered through it but at the point I'm at it's debilitatingly bland. Anyone else find this?
This is even more low effort bait than the one-word pig cartoon threads
>complaining about boredom
>literature
Pleb.
>>7384051
what does that even mean? You never get bored no-matter what you're reading?
Autist.
How old were you when you realized that 1984 isn't a dystopian novel; it's a reality novel
we're more Fahrenheit 451 anyways
>>7384128
451 may be the worst book I have ever read.
>>7384030
Oh man I wish.
Strict, hierarchical separation of the classes and a morally vigilant authoritarian leader is the only panacea for our (the west) current ailment.
What are some good books about space marines?
>>7384008
Starship Troopers obvs.
Infinity Jest
/lit/ i'm learning french, prescribe me your favorite french literature
French is a rather tricky and difficult to learn language. How well do you read it?
>>7384027
I would say I'm at "L'Étranger" tier
>>7384040
You should wait one or two more years before reading literature.
Opinions on this book? Thinking of asking for it for Christmas.
Also, any other religious history texts which are must reads? I'm interested in the development of all the major religions.
Funny, I'm reading that exact book in my history of Christianity class.
Fantastic read but only if you're interested in history from the beginning. MacCulloch is never afraid to spend too much time on interesting details that may not carry huge significance which is something I appreciate, also he manages to remain objective while having a distinct voice throughout, something a lot of historians seem to struggle with. He also spends a lot of time delving into some of the more abstract theological concepts, which can be a make or break for a lot of people
![51p3CV8tLIL._SX325_BO1,204,203,200_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/UoRLpKf.jpg "51p3CV8tLIL._SX325_BO1,204,203,200_[1].jpg")
>>7383905
![756971[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Iz2QryA.jpg "756971[1].jpg")
>>7383934
Is this list just a meme?
So far read Mockingbird and Catcher In The Rye, both were really kind of boring.
Refuse to believe they are must read books.
Really want to get into reading - is the rest of the list that bad?
>>7383806
>Refuse to believe they are must read books
Because they aren't. This is the pleb intro kit.
Siddhartha was good, I really enjoyed it. I wouldn't say it's one of those life changing books, but it was enjoyable and did a good job of weaving philosophy into the story
Why do you want to get into reading, for fun or to be well read or to be able to act pretentious?
What are some good entry-level Russian adult books? Like the Russian equivalent to Lord of the Flies or The Catcher in the Rye or something, but doesn't necessarily have to be fiction.
>>7383676
>sticky
>by origin
>russian
>There's a famous russian urban fantasy writer who hasn't been translated into fucking anything I can read.
I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS.
>>7383682
Dostoevsky and Tolstoy aren't entry level.
![9780141182667[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/tsNphOa.jpg "9780141182667[1].jpg")
>read pic related
>characters coming out of nowhere
>random ramblings throughout
>doesn't seem to follow any particular aim
>it just suddenly stops
What was the point of this?
>>7383631
try reading it again, use spark notes if you don't get it.
>>7383631
farts
god you're retarded
Soo umm, how do I stopwatching animeand startreading books?
I recommend buying a book, and then reading them, and not watching any more anime as it's a total waste of time.
>>7383590
As they say in the LaBeoufian school of thought, "One must simply engage with the necessary actions without recourse, else it leads to perdition."
>>7383590
Tip: don't read unless you actually like it.
