/lit/ - Literature

>>11210680
Sadly I'm monolingual ("natural" or not), so I only read poetry in English or (rarely) facing translation. I can read English from most periods (my Old is rusty, my Middle is fine), though.

>>10880674
I see you post a lot

>>10789790
Until you figure out the difference between IQ and classic education, maybe you should just not worry about how other people view your intelligence or knowledge.

>>10578840
Pick one up on amazon or Ebay if you like. But remember, you have the best Sting (UC1264, the original with the runes on the blade--the newer Hobbit film version left them off) but the newer Hobbit scabbard ( UC2893) is definitely nicer than the weird old suede LOTR one, and fits either version of Sting.

>>8493200
Fair enough. I stuck to playwrights and novelists, so many great writers were not included (and my list was just a handful of well-known names, not comprehensive). But having someone sneer that only ONE author on that list was great (Conrad) was so pathetic it almost made me leechblock this site again out of sheer disgust with myself for being here, something I do now and then (most recently for six months).
As far as there being "an essential relation between belief (in this case religious belief) and artistic skill," (since you're somehow still being polite to me), I reject it, partly because of the list I started, and partly because the simple "most people were/are religious, so most authors will be too" certainly covers most of the theist imbalance for me. If we did a study, we would also find most large-breasted women to be religious, but correlation doesn't prove causation. However, artists do need inspiration, and matters of faith are one of the great sources of creative passion: I'm not trying to deny that. I love me a great Gothic cathedral. I just see plenty of proof that the relationship is not essential nor irreplaceable or unique--faith is a muse for many, but not for all.

>>8419818
That's going on my "to find" list. Okay, here's my current medieval and related books, for those who like them.
1/6