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What did he teach you /lot/?
How to get famous by shitposting
Probably everything I know
>>7975128
wear a bandana => create an image => die => famous
Any opinions on this Herr?
Bought to crack open Buddenbrooks
>>7975116
Maybe start with his short stories first? idk i haven't read him but i remember this qt in HS english who was a big fan, back when I was getting into real lit through joyce and kafka
gooood times
I love Buddenbrooks, so amazing what such a young person could write...
Magic Mountain was a bit more boring, but it's comfy as hell.
Most consistently good author I can think of.
“And all the spaces of our past moments of solitude, the spaces in which we have suffered from solitude, enjoyed, desired, and compromised solitude, remain indelible within us and precisely because the human being wants them to remain so. He knows instinctively that this space identified with his solitude is creative; that even when it is forever expunged from the present, when, henceforth, it is alien to all the promises of the future, even when we no longer have a garret, when the attic room is lost and gone, there remains the fact that we once loved a garret, once lived...
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>>7975102
This is from The Poetics of Space, right? I've been looking to get into it.
>>7975110
Yes. Wonderful book.
There's a reason the Batcave and the Fortress of Solitude are the two most appealing facets of those two iconic characters.
Where should I start with Shakespeare?
also where can I learn about archaic form of words?
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>>7975082
and also can someone tell me where I should start with English classics in general?
>>7975082
>archaic form of words
>Shakespeare
oiamlaffin
If you want archaic words, Start with the Saxons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tICiNbukog0
Jesus.
I bet he doesn't even mention Gaddis. Pleb.
>Post-modernism is about iconoclasm
Nigga, that was modernism.
The reason no one knows what post-modernism actually entails is because it's a fucking meme; it literally doesn't exist.
>>7975080
It exists. It's the cultural logic of late(st) capitalism.
I finally decided to buy an ebook for my birthday. Can any anon recommend which one should I choose?
I read a lot of positive reviews about Kindle, but it seem like you cannot use stuff from free libraries like Gutenberg Project (which would probably be my main source of ebooks). I don't know much about Kobo, but on the first glance it doesn't look as reliable as Kindle.
I'd really appreciate if someone gave me any advice.
Im connecting my kobo to my computer now. Do continue
You absolutely can use PG books on the kindle, you're just going to download the mobi file as opposed to the epub. Epub converts well to mobi, many of my hundreds of ebooks are converted and they're fine. Absolutely recommending a paperwhite, fantastic device.
Yeah, I just ordered myself a Kobo Touch 2.0. Should be here sometime during the week. Stay away from Kindles, IMO.
My old one developed a weird fault where the buttons would skip some pages.
And the plastic backing got stained and greasy.
ITT: Stupid shit you believed because you misreaded them.
>Roland Barthes ended up working in a laundry van until he died
He didn't, he was run over by one.
I guess you might call thatdeath of the author
I thought black people had dark blood when I was young.they do I think
Is there a point to writing anything if no one sees it?
I dunno, anon. Is there any point in thinking if nobody else hears it?
>>7974997
Then get people to see it. Seems like a simple solution, anon.
>>7974997
Is there a point in living if nobody loves you?I'm sorry.
>tfw mimic the grammatical style, sentence structure & level of vocabulary of each person I speak with online in hopes they will like me more
Like I'd ever be caught dead using an ampersand.
>>7974994
>tfw constantly second guess my prose
fucking hell
>>7974994
we all do it anon, we all do it.
Has anyone from /lit/ actually Kindle self-published and made a good quick buck out of it? Like I'm talking 96pg books that you can write in 2 weeks time.
What's the best genre and sub-genre? Erotica? Incest themed? Where are the shekels /lit/?
I need my cocaine fix.
Just copy 50 shades.
I've spent a fair amount of time researching this.
http://authorearnings.com/ is a great resource maintained by the author of Wool, which is like God-tier pleb pop lit since he basically became a millionaire overnight because of it. The guy knows his shit and backs it all up with hard statistics.
Erotica is your best bet since typical erotica is somewhere between 5-20k words and the people who consume it are about as picky about production/writing quality as your average pornhub user is about their porn. Spend an afternoon researching and memorizing 100 different...
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>>7974979
Congrats on making McDonald's employees look dignified, OP.
Any recs for books to read in one sitting? I have a few long plane rides ahead, just picked this one up.
slaughterhouse five
new york trilogy
the falling
the stranger
READ THE STICKY.
anything in the novella/short story/poetry/play/essay section
>>7974975
>mfw the back of the wolf's head is the silhouette of a man
How have I not noticed this before what the fuck
What does /lit/ think about Sontag?
>>7974928
I try not to
>>7974928
Read her bio. Seems like turboleft lesbians epic heroine.
I want to read about Benjamin Franklin, should I go for his autobiography or one of the biographies?
Autobiography is good, although apparently not entirely truthful. He liked to play with self-mythologizing and public image and persona. A good book nonetheless. Maybe read the auto then go for the bios after.
Is it /lit/ approved?
Idk but I watched the movie and mission impossible 3 guy's voice was fucking retarded lmao. he sounded like a brain damaged gay person
>>7974850
I have a first edition of that!
yay me
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee;
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping
slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket
sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While...
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damn that's a good po em
>>7974817
>I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
>While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
>I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
that feel
>>7974817
>I will arise and go now, for always night and day
>I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
>While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
>I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
