[Boards: 3 / a / aco / adv / an / asp / b / biz / c / cgl / ck / cm / co / d / diy / e / fa / fit / g / gd / gif / h / hc / his / hm / hr / i / ic / int / jp / k / lgbt / lit / m / mlp / mu / n / news / o / out / p / po / pol / qa / r / r9k / s / s4s / sci / soc / sp / t / tg / toy / trash / trv / tv / u / v / vg / vp / vr / w / wg / wsg / wsr / x / y / ] [Home]
4chanarchives logo

Archived threads in /lit/ - Literature - 889. page


File: Joyce-james.jpg (177KB, 900x920px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
Joyce-james.jpg
177KB, 900x920px
>Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk
What did he actually mean by this?
6 posts and 1 images submitted.
>>
its supposed to be a really loud noise. Its literally "lightning" in a bunch of different languages "kammina" being japanese. If you are familiar with the song Finnegan's Wake then its the part where he falls off the ladder
>>
there's an image that got posted here that blocked each letter off and said something meaningful about it.

about all I can remember is that it is the thrust-together result of many language's word for thunder, and yet is an onomatopoeia for thunder.

there's more to it, but that's the gist.
>>
>>7755479
thunder I mean, not lightning. the sound of him falling from the ladder and crashing down

File: uewb_05_img0349.jpg (21KB, 228x279px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
uewb_05_img0349.jpg
21KB, 228x279px
Poem thread time. I need to present one of my choice to a class of twenty so make it count.
--
Fleas by Anon
Adam
Had 'em.
4 posts and 1 images submitted.
>>
Paradise Loft
>>
>>7755458
I've got a fucking shelf life here.
>>
The Divine Comedy, all of it.
In Italian, don't be a fucking pleb.

File: Ulysses.jpg (167KB, 1448x1863px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
Ulysses.jpg
167KB, 1448x1863px
I have read Dubliners and will read Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man before I start Ulysses. But what books should I be familiar with before I start this?
20 posts and 2 images submitted.
>>
>>7754226
The Iliad, Odyssey and Aenid, obviously.
>>
>>7754226
just fucking read Ulysses.
>>
As long as you love the sounds of words you will enjoy it.

File: where theruesh s.jpg (43KB, 298x475px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
where theruesh s.jpg
43KB, 298x475px
GUYS! I got an essay to write a book report about the book "Where There's Smoke" by Ed McBain. The problem is that I've forgotten a LOT of the names, literally every name in the book... If someone has read the book I would gladly receive a list of some of the names.

And also, can you give me some tips of some plots or other moments in the book that I should include to make it better?
4 posts and 2 images submitted.
>>
File: 1445510379961.jpg (46KB, 691x624px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
1445510379961.jpg
46KB, 691x624px
Bain?
>>
That's a big assignment...
>>
Bain?

File: luther-and-katharina.jpg (34KB, 304x450px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
luther-and-katharina.jpg
34KB, 304x450px
I noticed this on the new arrivals shelf at the library today. I honestly never thought I'd see Martin Luther erotica.

>She was a nun of noble birth. He, a heretic, a reformer…an outlaw of the Holy Roman Empire.

>In the 16th century, nun Katharina von Bora’s fate fell no further than the Abbey. Until she read the writings of Martin Luther.

>His sweeping Catholic church reformation—condemning a cloistered life and promoting the goodness of marriage—awakened her desire for everything she’d been forbidden. Including Martin Luther himself.

>Despite the fact that the attraction and tension between them is undeniable, Luther holds fast to his convictions and remains isolated, refusing to risk anyone’s life but his own. And Katharina longs for love, but is strong-willed. She clings proudly to her class distinction, pining for nobility over the heart of a reformer. They couldn’t be more different.

>But as the world comes tumbling down around them, and with Luther’s threatened life a constant strain, these unlikely allies forge an unexpected bond of understanding, support and love.

>Together, they will alter the religious landscape forever.
3 posts and 1 images submitted.
>>
>>7752650
is it erotica, or is it just some historical romance shit?
>>
>>7753496
Looks like it's just a historical romance, for women who like bad boy catholic reformers.

File: 3A4S5D67TY8.png (26KB, 526x287px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
3A4S5D67TY8.png
26KB, 526x287px
Boy, I never get enough
>he raped his sister Phoebe
posts

Those things are just the damn tops, a bunch of phoney jokes taking an honest work about a smart young man trying to cope with the fake adult world and perverting it with vomity sex memes.
11 posts and 3 images submitted.
>>
>I'm too stupid to understand the book
Why do you think he enjoyed her "Ass-twitcher" of a dress so much?
Use your head.
>>
>tfw you will never get sexy with a 6' grey haired teenage angsty stud
pls hold me
>>
>>7751811
>She really did look damn good in it, though. I have to admit it. And don’t think she didn’t know it. She kept walking ahead of me, so that I’d see how cute her little ass looked...

Holy shit how did I not remember this part? What the fuck?

File: cafe table in Paris.jpg (88KB, 437x336px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
cafe table in Paris.jpg
88KB, 437x336px
What should /lit/izens do/see in Paris? Going for a visit soon, would appreciate some insight if you have any.
31 posts and 4 images submitted.
>>
>>7749382
leave
>>
>>7749382
drink
>>
>>7749382
Possibly the Louvre?

Just like the previous one - a selection of 100 books that /lit/ picks. I'll begin the poll with voting for The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
96 posts and 11 images submitted.
>>
>>7750190
Huck Finn, Slaughterhouse 5, Forever War
>>
>>7750190
Fuck off, we made one a few months ago.
>>
why don't we read books and discuss them

I've been on a long, long hiatus from serious reading so need a good book.

I am feeling the season and I doubt I could get through any melancholia, so /lit/, show me your the best books to read in spring. Shit that cuts at the essence of life, birth, etc.
8 posts and 3 images submitted.
>>
>You will never be a french man in the 1800s
>>
>>7755274
Their Eyes Were Watching God

health, life, vitality, female sexuality and experience and all

some really lovely imagery
>>
READ THE FUCKING STICKY

File: garbage.png (815KB, 1200x1200px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
garbage.png
815KB, 1200x1200px
ITT: We trigger pseudo-patricians by posting authors who are over-hyped beyond any discernible talent.
37 posts and 10 images submitted.
>>
I dont think even pseudo patricians would debate you here
>>
how obvious
>>
>>7753794
/thread

What do you guys think of pic related?
We're reading it in my Lit 2 class. I appreciate some of the rhetorical devices, but I haven't yet found it literary valuable.
15 posts and 3 images submitted.
>>
>>7751591
That's a fucking nice edition. Who publishes it?
>>
>>7751595
Yeah! The book is certainly beautiful. As are all the "props." it's published by Mulholland Books
>>
>>7751591
It looks interesting but I'm poor af at the moment so I'm not buying it anytime soon.

File: 188x225_alan_moore.jpg (21KB, 188x225px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
188x225_alan_moore.jpg
21KB, 188x225px
Easily among the few noteworthy and influential contemporary authors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SNKRo0Zalk

You know I'm right.
12 posts and 1 images submitted.
>>
>>7751103
>contemporary
Well, obviously, when you put it that way
>>
His flabby, pale, upper arms makes him look like a troll. He should either lift or wear longer sleeves, looks totes gross.
>>
>>7751103
Does he still have a weird feud with Morrison?

File: 1447190878261_0.png (440KB, 633x758px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
1447190878261_0.png
440KB, 633x758px
>fat paperback
>let go of page
>book closes
2 posts and 1 images submitted.
>>
>/lit/ard
>reading

File: master.jpg (74KB, 960x625px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
master.jpg
74KB, 960x625px
I haven't read a book in over a decade.

Recommend me something good.
15 posts and 1 images submitted.
>>
>>7753077
finnegans wake
>>
>>7753077
book of the new sun
>>
The Long Ships

File: 1446758265153.jpg (44KB, 500x375px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
1446758265153.jpg
44KB, 500x375px
>tfw your first draft seems just fucking unsalvageable
119 posts and 20 images submitted.
>>
>>7751919
Keep trying, anon.
>>
Not everyone is cut out for writing.
>>
File: 1432387867984.gif (20KB, 633x758px) Image search: [Google] [Yandex] [Bing]
1432387867984.gif
20KB, 633x758px
>>7751919

>20000 words or so into your novel
>realize the basic theme or concept of the story is extremely flawed and can't be fixed without deleting everything and going back to the drawing board

Pages: [First page] [Previous page] [880] [881] [882] [883] [884] [885] [886] [887] [888] [889] [890] [891] [892] [893] [894] [895] [896] [897] [898] [Next page] [Last page]
[Boards: 3 / a / aco / adv / an / asp / b / biz / c / cgl / ck / cm / co / d / diy / e / fa / fit / g / gd / gif / h / hc / his / hm / hr / i / ic / int / jp / k / lgbt / lit / m / mlp / mu / n / news / o / out / p / po / pol / qa / r / r9k / s / s4s / sci / soc / sp / t / tg / toy / trash / trv / tv / u / v / vg / vp / vr / w / wg / wsg / wsr / x / y / ] [Home]

All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective parties. Images uploaded are the responsibility of the Poster. Comments are owned by the Poster.
If a post contains personal/copyrighted/illegal content you can contact me at [email protected] with that post and thread number and it will be removed as soon as possible.
If a post contains illegal content, please click on its [Report] button and follow the instructions.
This is a 4chan archive - all of the content originated from them. If you need information for a Poster - you need to contact them.
This website shows only archived content and is not affiliated with 4chan in any way.
If you like this website please support us by donating with Bitcoin at 1XVgDnu36zCj97gLdeSwHMdiJaBkqhtMK