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>Asked about novelist David Foster Wallace, who took his own life in 2008, but who has a new book out, “The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel,” put together from manuscript chapters and files found in his computer, Bloom says, “You know, I don’t want to be offensive. But ‘Infinite Jest’ [regarded by many as Wallace’s masterpiece] is just awful. It seems ridiculous to have to say it. He can’t think, he can’t write. There’s no discernible talent.”

>It’s all a clear indication, Bloom notes, of the decline of literary standards. He was upset in 2003 when the National Book Award gave a special award to Stephen King. “But Stephen King is Cervantes compared with David Foster Wallace.

Is Steven King Cervantes compared with David Foster Wallace?

>> No.16804189

>>16804178
Probably, but this thread is about to be filled with seething /lit/izens so good luck OP

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>>16804178
What do you think?

>> No.16804201

>>16804178
Bloom was a bitter old hack who couldn't write his own fiction.

>> No.16804207

DFW is onions in human form.

>> No.16804208

>>16804178
I love Bloom but he could be a petty and vengeful old bitch. I'm sure DFW's pisstake of him drove him up the wall and is in part the reason why Bloom is so dismissive.

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>> No.16804223

>>16804201
just like most academics
/thread

>> No.16804240

>>16804208
Can you share DFW's opinion of bloom?

>> No.16804333

>>16804178
And this is coming from the sorry sack who praised Ursula Le Guin for having "raised fantasy into high literature"?
Alright.

>> No.16804390

>>16804240
A footnote in IJ refers to his Anxiety of Influence theory as a "turgid study of artistic influenza."

>> No.16804489

>>16804207
onions are based and so is wallace

>> No.16804498

>>16804178
turgid influenza, lol

>> No.16804527

>>16804390
Lmao not surprised DFW was all about "sincerity." DFW wanted to be a real nigga.

>> No.16804580

DFW truly is the flight of lucifer of authors

>> No.16804639

>>16804178
Based Bloom calling DFW on his shit even in the grave. Infinite Jest is this boards eternal meme but he spoke the truth.

>> No.16804708

>>16804390
what in the fuck does anxiety of influence means?

>> No.16804794

I like the autistic humor and the mindful attitude of IJ, but it lacks aesthetics

>> No.16804801

>>16804178
i don't know but i had a realistic nightmare recently where i read and enjoyed a stephen king novel

>> No.16804844

>>16804708
Google it.

>> No.16804852

>>16804178
>trusting Bloom on literature
Pseuds do this.

>> No.16804864

>>16804197
The guy was suffering having to read so much awful shit.

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>>16804178
>Is Steven King Cervantes compared with David Foster Wallace?

in the Jesuit high schools in Michigan, this is a common freshman essay

>> No.16804884

>>16804178
Bloom was fat as fuck. Good god, he's not pleasant to look at. Makes me think less of his opinions.

>> No.16804897

for some reason I like Bloom even though I disagree with almost everything he says. even when he likes books that i also like, he likes them for retarded reasons. yet, he's endearing

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>>16804884

>> No.16805131

>>16804708
It's his book/theory. It's like a psychoanalytical take on what TS Eliot describes in his tradition and the individual talent essay.

>> No.16805137

Bloom was always right.

>> No.16805150

>>16804801
Horrifying

>> No.16805254

>>16804201
he was right though

>> No.16805259

>>16804178
Bloom is only worshipped on this board because he picked up the shovel against trannys, muticulturalists and so on. He is an idiot.

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>>16804580
overly complex and less entertaining than a wikipedia article?

>> No.16807201

>>16804223

Bloom is more like jordan peterson and really not like most academics. Both of them are total hacks bent on creating a cult of personality around themselves.