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Can you at least agree that the level of opprobrium she receives is out of proportion to the actual flaws in her work?
As if anyone on /lit/ would know
>>7996217
I'd say it's quite fair.
Even putting aside political qualms and disagreements with her work Atlus Shrugged is one of the most poorly written peices of shit I've ever had the displeasure of reading.
>>7996238
Would you mind explaining?
What's /lit/'s honest opinion of this man?
He was good in true grit.
I don't know who he is but he has the face of a 14 year old with a grey beard so I'm skeptical
Who is the "best" translator of Sophocles?
Or Aeschylus?
I know all the arguments between Fagles/Fitzgerald/Lattimore/Chapman/Pope/etc for Iliad and Odyssey translations, is it the same with other greek works?
Sorry if threads like these have been beaten to death, I tried asking in other threads and was ignored.
Also, I read Fagles translation of Oresteia and really enjoyed it. Same with his translation of the Iliad, though I think I would prefer something more faithful to the original next time.
>>7996174
Lattimore.
>alexander pope was a dwarf
there are no facts only interpretations
>>7996134
there are no facts only interpretations
there are no facts only interpretations
Let's have a bronte thread.
Anne is so much more of a realist compared to the romanticism of Emily and Charlotte, eh?
God tier bronte books
Withering heights
Tenant of wildfell hall
Good tier
Jane eyre
Shirley
Agnes grey
Meh tier
The professor
Ngl I haven't read vilette.
Kate Bush did it better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pMMIe4hb4
>>7996097
I prefer the other vid. Prettier dress.
I think after so many years browsing internet forums I have damaged my reading ability. I read at about the pace a person speaks, and can hear myself reading in my head. Is there a way to undo this and read faster again?
>>7996061
Yes, speak faster.
>>7996061
Do you not enjoy the feeling of the words? Do you not hear their music as you read them out loud in your mind? There should be no other way to read if you wish to do so enjoyably.
>>7996199
Not OP, but no, I don't enjoy the "feeling of the words".
I feel so embarrased when I have to sound out the words, like I'm a child having to sound things out. I feel like it's story time and I still have to have grandpa read to me, doing all the voices and stuff. I just can't help but feel immature when having to do this.
What do you think about this book—utter shit or nah? Argue for your point.
>>7996018
I'm one of the many /lit/ users who have chosen to never read this book, so I can't help you.
I found it entertaining enough not to put dow and enjoyed the modern aspects of it, maybe because its the only novel written by someone young in the 2010s.
Its a strange style he writes in where he basically just says what happens and all the description and creativity is up to you.
>>7996018
Reading Richard Yeats and Shoplifting From American Apparel made me appreciate this book a lot more (though I liked it a lot the first time I read it.)
When compared to these books you can see that his prose isn't as threadbare as you initially might think, and that there is a lot of meaning and intent in the composition.
I like the book, I think it does a good job at capturing "modern malaise" without feeling inauthentic. I can understand why people wouldn't like it though.
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If George RR Martin can't get a GF or wife what hope do any of us literary geniuses have of our work making us attractive?
>>7996002
This is bait, he's married.
Not being a corpulent fat ass for one
Jean paul sartre, that ugly fucker, probably had sex with more women than magic johnson.
Just have a weaker female coerce them into sleeping with you.
Urgent help !
someone who knows about Greek mythology , could solve this riddle? a dove surrounded by walls a city where a love story impossible happens . What is that city and who are the protagonists of this love story?
Start with the Greeks OP
una ¨paloma¨ rodeó de murallas una ciudad donde ocurre una historia de amor imposible.¿cual es la ciudad y quienes son los protagonistas de la historia?
What are some literary TV shows and movies? I can't stand the absolutely insipid way most contemporary entertainment is written.
The Sopranos is splendid if you engage with it.
>>7995982
my nigga
What does /lit/ have to say about this?
>mediocrity insulting a genius
Topcuck
>>7995860
>mediocrity
tryhard
>>7995860
>genius insulting an alien*
fix'd
Can /lit/ recommend me any books on Protestant (Lutheran) apologetics?
>>7995842
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis I believe.
Did he end class consciousness forever?
I don't have an answer.
However, I'm familiar with his name and interested in his work.
Can you recommend a relatively brief selection of Marcuse's writings that I could study in maybe a few weeks?
After reading them I will start responding to marcuse threads with comments.
>>7996106
I've never read him. I'm just shitposting, lad
>>7997368
good man
>“Do you think being handsome has anything to do with your success?”
>>7995729
>Make a meme.
>It's actually Chad
REEEEEEEEE
Hey /lit/, I know a lot of you fucks are probably working on a novel right now. What's it about? Is it going well, or are you struggling? Do you think it has any chance of getting published as an actual book?
Literature is dead.
My novel is actually a sequel to an earlier novel I've already written. It's about a journey through Niflheimr, the northernmost of the Nine Worlds of Norse cosmology. I suppose you'd call it historical fantasy.
The plan is to get them both published. I tried to query and find an agent, but it wasn't taking. Therefore I'm trying a new tactic: I've also written lots of short stories, so I'm trying to get them published and raise my profile as a writer. Hopefully I'll make enough of a name for myself that an agent will pick me up,...
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>>7995718
Suck it Ben.
My space opera series of books makes a much needed upgrade to the tried and true structure of "the heroes journey" and gives it a 21st century overhaul. In stores soon
