/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.23086007]

>Favorite book
>Favorite author
>Favorite genre
>Continent
>Zodiac sign
>Age

[Anonymous No.23086015]

>>23086007
>Hero of Our Time
>Joseph Conrad
>literature fiction
>Europe
>idk
>27

[Anonymous No.23086025]

>>23086007
>Orlando Furioso
>Tolstoy
>North America
>Pisces
>27

[Anonymous No.23086027]

>>23086007
>>Favorite book
Biblee
>>Favorite author
God
>>Favorite genre
Bible
>>Continent
Antarctica
>>Zodiac sign
i donb't practice witchcraft
>>Age
69

[Anonymous No.23086039]

>>23086025
Forgot the genre:
> epic poetry (also mythology)

[Anonymous No.23086041]

>>23086007
>Sexual Personae
>Oscar Wilde
>Gothic
>Europe
>Aries sun, Taurus moon, Libra rising
>22, soon to be 23

[Anonymous No.23086044]

>>23086027
you must be 18 to post on this board

[Anonymous No.23086085]

>>23086007
Forgot to ask for our mother's maiden and the street we grew up on.

[Anonymous No.23086337]

>>23086085
kek

[Anonymous No.23086365]

>>23086007
>So The Wind Won't Blow it All Away
>Brautigan
>lit fiction, I guess?
>North America
>Aquarius (cusp)
>42

[Anonymous No.23086441]

>>23086007
>Anna Karenina
>Leo Tolstoy
>Victorian era Realism
>North America
>Aries
>25

[Anonymous No.23086444]

>The Brothers Karamazov
>Dostoevsky
>Mystery
>North America
>Aries
>27

[Anonymous No.23086445]

>>23086027
How about non fiction? What's your favorite non fiction book from non fiction author?

[Anonymous No.23086691]

>All Things Are Possible (Shestov)
>William Blake
>Philosophy
>NA
>Gemini/INFP because both are of equal value
>23

[Anonymous No.23086697]

>>23086007
>too many to list but gun to my head The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
>too many to list but gun to my head Henry Miller or DH Lawrence
>literary fiction
>North America
>Virgo
>35

[Anonymous No.23086707]

>>23086697
Is one of your favorites also Cellini’s autobiography? Because I think I know you

[Anonymous No.23086715]

>>23086707
It is miller anon, /lit/ staple for a year or so now.

[Anonymous No.23086717]

>>23086715
I knew it. I like the guy. He has a very fresh taste.

[Anonymous No.23086750]

>>23086717
I don't recall him every mentioning Cellini but it would not surprise me. 90% chance that anyone mentioning Miller is miller anon and if The Letters of Van Gogh or D. H. Lawrence are mention it is certain.

[Anonymous No.23086753]

>>23086707
>>23086717
It is and thank you. I try to read a somewhat eclectic variety of books and keep an open mind, appreciating them for their strengths and adapting myself as needed.

[Anonymous No.23086758]

>>23086753
May I ask you how should I start with D H Lawrence? What’s your favorite?

[Anonymous No.23086764]

>>23086007
>Favorite book
Memoirs of Hadrian
>Favorite author
Yukio MIshima
>Favorite genre
Fiction
>Continent
South America
>Zodiac sign
Virgo
>Age
23

[Anonymous No.23086768]

>>23086758
Just read The Rainbow, there is reason it is his most known even if it might not be his best and generally not the favorite of people who love his writing. It sums him up and his style.
>>23086753
Have you ever dived into Cambridge's collection of D.H. Lawrence with their massive amount of essays and the like included? Have been thinking of grabbing a few but the cost has me on the fence. Fairly interested in the draft which is included in The Rainbow, would be interesting to get some insight into his process. Any works dealing with how he wrote?

[Anonymous No.23086771]

>>23086768
I thought the most known was Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Will read TR, though.

[Anonymous No.23086802]

>>23086771
Lady Chatterley’s Lover absolutely gets mentioned more than The Rainbow but The Rainbow seems more read. As far as I can tell Lady Chatterley’s Lover has some pop culture tie ins or something so people bring it up a lot despite not having read it. For everyone I meet who has read The Rainbow I have met a dozen people who make references to Lady Chatterley’s Lover but has not read anything by Lawrence.

Anyone know what the reference might be? I mostly suspect it is some random line that has lost all meaning like "to be or not to be" but I really have no clue, almost everyone I have met who has referenced Lady Chatterley’s Lover has no clue what it even is.

[Anonymous No.23086804]

>>23086758
Personally I would get a feel for him with some of his short stories to get an idea if he’s for you, many of them are favorites and I’ve reread a bunch of them. He does have a very distinct style that some people find off putting, especially in his later work. He can often veer into corny and laughable territory but I’ve learned to appreciate him for what he’s trying to do. He makes a lot of male-female relationships take on an almost mystical slant and battle of the wills between man and women. There is a good amount of homoerotic shit as well, outlines of men’s thighs or girded loins are described. That kind of plays into the mystical romance territory though, a woman’s “womb may be open” to a man one time and closed another, or a woman sensing a guy’s “maleness”. His style has always intrigued me because of the mysterious relations between men and women. Two girls I don’t know can be equally attractive yet I’ll feel more drawn to one than another for unexplainable reasons. Lawrence tried to put into words those types of feelings and what love is, and the love hate duel that comes with it. He’s also one of the few writers I know who tried to actually show how women think. I think it was him who said women have two souls, one to be possessed and one to be free, and that’s why they come off baffling to men and even themselves. Jane Eyre is another example, and probably the best one of a woman showing how a woman thinks or feels. But there is more to him than romance, he was critical of class differences, talks about politics, philosophy, the postwar world, and the artist. The last is one of the big reasons I’m drawn to him. He was a sensitive soul and portrays a lot of the internal yearning or idealism vs the crude world and how they never match up. Art kinda plays into that as in one of his essays he talks about how he doesn’t care what happens to his books when he’s done and they “evaporate in the air”, to mean it is the active writing or painting that is important to him and why he does it.

Sons and Lovers is a good novel to start with as he is more restrained. He can write dialogue in vernacular dialect which can take some getting used to. I’ve always been a sucker for the English countryside (I need to read Thomas Hardy) and coal miners for some reason and S&L has both. The Rainbow is another novel I’d recommend to start with as well, as his more pronounced style is starting to show. Women in Love is a loose sequel to The Rainbow but more philosophical and stylishly pronounced. I’d hold off until you read The Rainbow

A lot of his characters in his later work are almost ideas/philosophies personified which can be jarring to some readers. Anais Nin wrote that she always viewed his characters as different artistic temperaments and I think that is an apt description. I’m not a huge fan of his poetry but some are great. I’ll post The Snake in another post

[Anonymous No.23086812]

>>23086007
idle thoughts of an idle fellow
mishima
literary fiction
north america
tarus
26

[Anonymous No.23086816]

>>23086804
I forgot Lady Chatterley’s Lover. I’d hold off on stuff like that, Aaron’s Rod, Kangaroo, etc till you know you like him. I’d definitely read The Rainbow or Sons and Lovers first. I’ve always felt it’s mostly famous because of it’s reputation and the obscenity trial

Here’s Snake. One of my favorite poems of any poet and I think it gives a decent feel for his mystical type of philosophy
1/3

[Anonymous No.23086821]

>>23086816
Snake 2/2

[Anonymous No.23086824]

>>23086816
Anon asking about the Cambridge Lawrence here. Also curious if you know if the Penguin Cambridge Editions that were released back in the 90s are the same as the Cambridge, they tend to be a couple hundred pages shorter but page count is not very useful for determining content. They can be had for ~$10 instead of $140 new or ~$90 used so would be nice if they are the same and just squeeze more onto the page.

[Anonymous No.23086826]

>>23086821
Snake 3/3

Lawrence has some primal type mystical philosophy that shows itself more as he aged and I think this short poem is pretty emblematic

[࿇ C Œ M G E N V S ࿇ !Ry9RIEstm6 No.23086833]

>Favorite book

I DO NOT HAVE ONE PREDILECT BOOK.


>Favorite author

I DO NOT HAVE ONE PREDILECT AUTHOR.


>Favorite genre

IN PROSE: NOVEL; IN VERSE: HAIKU.


>Continent

AMERICA.


>Zodiac sign

SOLAR ARIES; LUNAR SAGITTARIVS; RISING SCORPIO.


>Age

THIRTYTHREE.

[Anonymous No.23086835]

>>23086824
I’m not sure but I’ve seen them before but never pulled the trigger. You talking about the black ones with a dragon or something on the front? I eventually want to get the Cambridge collection of his letters but it’s expensive. I’ll probably get that after I get the Lady Chatterley Everyman’s Library edition being released in a couple months. Sorry I couldn’t be of more help

[Anonymous No.23086836]

>>23086833
What is your preferred Clarice Lispector novel?

[࿇ C Œ M G E N V S ࿇ !Ry9RIEstm6 No.23086841]

>>23086836


«ÁGUA VIVA».

[Anonymous No.23086852]

>>23086835
I didn't expect you to have much knowledge here, /lit/ is not the place to ask about $140 editions of books you can get for $3 used, but had to ask. Really curious about the draft of The Rainbow it includes but having a draft is not always enough to get an idea about a writer's process so I have been putting off spending the money. I like Lawrence quite a bit but he is not really a large enough of an influence to drop that sort of money unless I know it gives me what I want, a real insight.

[Anonymous No.23086856]

>>23086007
book of the new sun
gene wolfe
science fiction
europe
aquarius
25

[Anonymous No.23086906]

>>23086852
Yeah, if you’re spending that kind of money you are either a hardcore fan or maybe more likely a writer who wants to get the idea of the writing process of bonafide writers. The version I have of The Plumed Serpent I have is an earlier draft of it called Quetzalcoatl, and I didn’t care for it. Unsure if I should give TPS a chance even though the Nietzschean political philosophy in Quetzalcoatl was cringey often. Q also seemed really sparse in parts and unworked. I’d be curious if that Rainbow draft is an earlier working or a skeleton type draft. Any idea where one can view drafts of different books if they’re available? I’ve never seen one that I can think of and it would be interesting to briefly compare to finished products

[Anonymous No.23086931]

>>23086906
Wasn't Quetzalcoatl released because it is essentially a different novel? Started out as the draft but he ended up going in a very different direction than he had intended and pretty much started a new novel? I have yet to read either but that is how I understood it and the draft of The Rainbow is (probably) more in line with the final published version and a proper draft.

The Lawrence collection has almost gotten me a few times mostly because I would like to have a full scholarly collection of an authors work but Lawrence is not the one for me. Someone needs to do the same for someone like Sherwood Anderson.

[Anonymous No.23086945]

>>23086007
>Favorite book
Don Quixote
>Favorite author
Franz Kafka
>Favorite genre
Psychological Fiction
>Continent
Southwest Asia
>Zodiac sign
Libra
>Age
20

[Anonymous No.23086947]

>>23086945
Southeast not southwest my bad

[Anonymous No.23086952]

>>23086945
Please explain why people like Don Quixote,

[࿇ C Œ M G E N V S ࿇ !Ry9RIEstm6 No.23086956]

TO EVERYONE IN THIS THREAD:

THERE ARE SIX CONTINENTS:


• AMERICA,

• EUROPA.

• AFRICA.

• ASIA.

• OCEANIA.

• ANTARCTICA.

[Anonymous No.23086960]

>>23086952
There are various reasons why people are drawn to Don Quixote. First of all, it's a timeless story of valor and adventure that's rife with satire and humor. Many readers identify with Don Quixote's idealism and quest of romantic, high ideals. In addition, the character is likable and approachable because of his humanity and vulnerability in spite of his delusions. Readers of all ages are enthralled with the novel's examination of reality versus imagination and the persuasiveness of storytelling. All things considered, readers all throughout the world are captivated and entertained by the complex tapestry of topics and characters found in Don Quixote.

[Anonymous No.23086961]

>>23086956
>third worlder pretending he is American
How cute.

[Anonymous No.23086965]

why don’t leo read

[Anonymous No.23086966]

>Moby-Dick/Don Quixote
>Henry David Thoreau
>lit fic.
>South Asia
>Scorpio
>19

[࿇ C Œ M G E N V S ࿇ !Ry9RIEstm6 No.23086967]

>>23086961


?

YOUR MOTHER SHOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER DIET WHEN YOU WERE IN HER WOMB.

[Anonymous No.23086971]

>>23086967
Your dad should not have peed in your mom but he did.

[Anonymous No.23087049]

>Favorite book
Wuthering Heights
>Favorite author
Ibn Hazm
>Favorite genre
Islamic Jurisprudential Epistemology
>Continent
Europe (UK specifically)
>Zodiac sign
Horoscopes are polytheism
>Age
23

[Anonymous No.23087084]

>>23086445
Bible

[Anonymous No.23087091]

>>23086007
>The sorrows of young Werther
>Lord Byron
>History/Philo
>Europe
>Leo
>19

[Anonymous No.23088334]

19, 19, 20, 22, 23, 23, 23, 25, 25, 26, 27, 27, 27, 33, 35, 42

[Anonymous No.23088349]

>>23086007
>Revolt Of The Masses
>Kierkegaard
>Philosophy And History
>the United States
>Gemini
>41

[Anonymous No.23088356]

>>23086961

[Anonymous No.23088358]

>>23086697
>>23086715
>>23086717
>>23086753
>>23086758
>>23086768
>>23086802
>>23086804
>>23086816
>>23086906
Kill yourself, you attention-seeking faggot.

[Anonymous No.23088376]

>>23086007
Journey to the End of the Night
Michel Houellebecq
Novels
Europe
Leo
43

[Anonymous No.23088396]

>>23086931
>Quetzalcoatl vs The Plumed Serpent
I’m not sure. I asked here and couldn’t get an answer. Looking on goodreads I got the impression they are slightly different and, if I’m remembering correctly, Quetzalcoatl is more politically philosophical and not as fleshed out, but they are more or less the same thing with slight differences like the main character marrying the Mexican in TPS versus just living with him in Q. Either way I’m not really chomping at the bit to read TPS. Another anon here said it well, that Lawrence isn’t a good political theorist. Q was often cringey in a /pol/ type of way. I’ve never really minded Lawrence’s beliefs, even if I don’t agree with him, because I can see how his life and persecution led him to the beliefs he had. The sickly son of a coal miner in a poor village who showed a bent towards intellectual and artistic pursuits, who often had a chip on his shoulder as he never fit in with the poor or the rich or the bourgeoisie, who was persecuted for his writing and had to leave his home country, who held a grudge yet longed for a connection to his land, such a storm will often create an unique outlook on life. I have no doubt he would have distanced himself once the 1930’s played out. He was a sensitive man

If you ever get the Cambridge I’d be interested to see what it’s like. It’s a shame Anderson’s work besides Winesburg isn’t more available. Many writers in the early 20th century spoke very highly of him yet his star has greatly faded throughout the decades. His “breakdown” is one of the more interesting questions or mysteries in literature. If I ever see the Library of America Anderson at a reasonable price, I’m going to buy it.

[Anonymous No.23088405]

>>23088396
stfu, your off topic shit is cringe.

[Anonymous No.23088543]

>The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr
>Shakespeare
>Satire/Comedy
>Europe
>Aries
>19

[Anonymous No.23088630]

>>23086007
Moby-Dick
Borges
Autist fiction
UK
Aquarius
27

[Anonymous No.23088635]

>>23086952
funy

[Anonymous No.23088656]

>>23086007
>The Holy Bible
>Dostoyevsky
>Epic poetry
>South america
>Pisces even though I don't believe in the zodiac
>21

[Anonymous No.23088668]

>>23086952
This
>>23086960
Yet also this
>>23088635
These two reasons co-existing is why Don Quixote is so great and timeless

[Anonymous No.23088687]

>>23086007
>11 american readers
>7 european readers
>0 african and oceanian readers

>5 aries

[Anonymous No.23088838]

>>23086971
He didn't pee in his mom. He CVMMED.

[Anonymous No.23089834]

>>23086007
>journey to the end of the night
>Evola
>hard boiled
>Europe
>38
>Sagitarius (not Scorpio by 30 minutes)