/lit/ - Literature

>>16222223
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>>13911311
>Nabokov was "against" Don Quixote.
— anon

>"What we shall witness now is the evolution of the epic form, the shedding of its metrical skin, the hoofing of its feet, a sudden fertile cross between the winged monster of the epic and the specialized prose form of entertaining narration, more or less a domesticated mammal, if I may pursue the metaphor to its lame end."
— Nabokov, in his Lectures on Don Quixote

He loved the book. Calling it "cruel" was a rhetorical move to make his listeners think harder about the literal events of the narrative, not a condemnation of the book.

>>12702079
never lead with a question like that
it makes you seem self-centered
(you probably are self-centered)
take an interest in her and talk about things you both like, you absolute fucking dolt

>>12349532
Follow through.
Revise so it's not as cringe.
Add back the elements you planned on including.
Revise again so things mesh.
Revise one last time for continuity, theme, and prose.

You can do it anon.

t. in a similar predicament, but getting out of it

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