/lit/ - Literature

>>16625648
>>16625659
Just leave.

>>16195356
I'll just reciprocate with /r/askphilosophy and /lit/ to infuse my hermeneutic horizon and optimize becoming-merged with the horizon of the text, duh

>>13649350
>This is because until very recently, 90% of people rarely lived past 30.

Cut this shit out son, this is a SFW board.

What are some good /lit/ majors and occupations that will allow me to live a fulfilled and comfortable life?

>>7073710
he's dead 2

Yo faggots,
I tried to make a small list with the most named

>gravitys rainbow
15
>infinite jest
12
>Lolita
8
>One hundred years of solitude
7
>ulysses
7
>blood meridan
7
>moby dick
6
>crying of lot 49
5
>brothers karamazov
5
>stoner
5
>bible
5
>the trial
5

What is your favourite /lit/ meme?

I like the infinite Jest is a good book meme.

Hey /lit/,

What do you guys think of this poem? I've been interested in English poetry, particularly from the Elizabethan era, and have been casually analyzing poems.

I found one which fascinated me and has had me thinking about it quite a bit. I'd love if you guys could share your interpretations of it, or share other poems you like from this time period.


Thou blind man’s mark

By: Sir Philip Sidney

Thou blind man’s mark, thou fool’s self-chosen snare,
Fond fancy’s scum, and dregs of scattered thought ;
Band of all evils, cradle of causeless care ;
Thou web of will, whose end is never wrought ;
Desire, desire ! I have too dearly bought,
With price of mangled mind, thy worthless ware ;
Too long, too long, asleep thou hast me brought,
Who shouldst my mind to higher things prepare.
But yet in vain thou hast my ruin sought ;
In vain thou madest me to vain things aspire ;
In vain thou kindlest all thy smoky fire ;
For virtue hath this better lesson taught,—
Within myself to seek my only hire,
Desiring nought but how to kill desire.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/254403218/The-Bequeathment-of-Democracy-in-the-Saharas

Hey /lit/, I'm trying to really start writing fiction, being young in college with all the time in the world and shit. The problem I have is this nervousness in my ability of writing dialogue (and knowing what good/realistic dialogue sounds like), my own low esteem of my own capacity/works regardless of the medium, and no inspirations in the day to day.

I know part of it is reading a lot, but I can't find any inspiration for subjects to use as practice material, and still don't know how I could fix my shitty writing that will naturally occur.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-uXWQgt24VMY3F2cmpZN05mSU0/view?usp=sharing

Ayy lmao

>>5461142
...it's a troll chart

Hey /lit/, let's share some literature on the topic of syndicalism, and its potential on a global scale.

>>5415531
Heidegger basically invented a new vocab to suit his philosophy & in his work was in dialogue with Husserl, Kant, Hegel, Aristotle, and so on. B&T is horrible to start with. Can't believe you're advocating him honestly.

Could someone take a look at the source of the 'Belgium' entry on the wiki under 'lit by origin'?
The table is formatted as this narrow band used for designating a subsection, but I can't see
a difference in the source between my stuff and the properly formatted ones.

Oh great /lit/s, spare me some of your infinite wisdom and glance through, read or discern what i've been writing the last 4 days.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZGLlCjfuB6IWLat8W9UhQKcLucHe54eVCyTjvgXfrXo/pub

1.5 years ago you critiqued my personal philosophy and encouraged me to read more. I have done so.

>>3973046