/lit/ - Literature

Why is there like a 1400 year gap between writers? It goes like Virgil —> Dante and nobody in between

>>23267034
Hmm, I seem to have accidentally written an epic poem about my idol befriending me and my oneitis being literally the most wonderful woman in history as confirmed by God himself and all my enemies and bullies are suffering forever in Hell, should I try to get this published?

>freshman year of literary studies
>you have ONE (1) week to read The Divine Comedy while also doing the course work for four other courses
I'm just about ready to give up, what else can you study?

>>22288610
>if you have to talk about yourself on the back of your book. no
Yeah, the right way is to talk about yourself IN the book

>>22254617
Forgot image

So who’s got the translation chart? Favorite translations?

>>21789091
Shakespeare's only equal

I have been thinking about this the last few years, OP, and I've come to the conclusion that what is required is not a preservation or even revival of the Old but a REFORMATION of the English language, which has been in active development since the earliest record; from scholars writing fine art, to professionals and men of the world, and then to an increasingly educated public. As Buffon says, "the style is the man".

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Consider Longinus' traits of Sublime Style:

(1) Great THOUGHTS,
(2) Strong EMOTIONS,
(3) Rhetorical FIGURES**,
(4) Noble DICTION**,
(5) Dignified SYNTAX**.

**Note that these elements may be summarised plainly, yet richly, as like the Golden River of Erasmus:

"The speech of man is a magnificent thing when it surges along like a golden river, with thoughts and words pouring out in rich abundance."

And even Great Thoughts contain within themselves a vitality, with Great Emotions outpouring a roving dynamism in writers like Montaigne. And here I must absolutely point to the vibrant literary imagination of The Holy Bible, which includes: the Greco-Roman Rhetorical Drama that is the Book of Job; the Sly and Smokey ruminations of Qoholet in Ecclesiastes; the Holy of Holies, the flashing, fiery Song of Songs.

And Mueller writes in his '... Development of English Prose Style' that 'Scripturalism', defined as "a writer's molding of his thought and language forms after a recognizable mode or model from the Old or New Testament", is significant in the for the changes and varieties in English prose style between 1380 and 1580. Though I cannot recommend the copious study of all English Prose, I can recommend Osborne's comprehensive 'Hermeneutical Spiral'.

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How do I into poetry? I have one month.

>>21559413
>Ye were not made to live like unto brutes,
>But for pursuit of virtue and of knowledge.
BTFO by Dante 700 years ago.

What is the best translation of the Divine Comedy?

*blocks your path*

>>21406446
No

>>20797739
>I really like Joyce's use of the stars and astronomy
You should read the Divine Comedy

Nobody else can compare.

this nigga was born in 1265 and i'm still able to read the shit that he wrote. how crazy is that?

>>20160855
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_wreath
>Wreaths were awarded to victors in athletic competitions, including the ancient Olympics; for victors in athletics they were made of wild olive tree known as "kotinos" (κότινος),[1] (sc. at Olympia) – and the same for winners of musical and poetic competitions.

>>20081556
That only worked once (pic)

>>20081661
Nietzsche wasn't a good writer. His analysis are superb btw.

>>20083068
Unreadable, I didn't enjoy that book at all unlike some of his other works.

Hey
HEY!
Write about that girl you had a crush on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFq2pU21cNU

>>19427734
>zippo blippo dippo
>ey a looka me
>Ima fucking greasy wop
>looka my rhymin language
>poopa zoopa doopa

I want to read all the different best most indepth secondary literature, analysis, commentary, Etc. on Dante/DC/Inferno specifically. (I can read Italian fluently, and also Latin or whatever you want) Can you give me some pointers?
(more varied/obscure aspects or interpretations also welcome)

Is he the greatest simp in /lit/ history?

*inserts himself in heaven despite having committed multiple hell-worthy sins*

Today is the 700th anniversary of his death. Say something nice about dante