/lit/ - Literature

I'd say Patrick White. He's not strictly forgotten, but he's not as widely appreciated as ought to be.

Is Patrick White the best author of the post-war era?

Patrick White is one of the most patrician tier author. It's a real shame people don't read his works that much any more.

The Tree of Man is a great book which I feel is somewhat under-appreciated. Have you read it?

Have the humanities been intellectually corrupted? Have progressive social agendas detracted from an aesthetic analysis of literature?

Inner-city, bourgeois, wealthy, spoiled, upper-middle class kid here. Academic high-achiever (thus far, albeit with the help of parent funded tutoring throughout schooling) and from a well-educated background.

Do I fit the literary mould? Does a writer's background matter? Considering the background of authors in the past and comparing them to authors today is there any golden thread? Or is literary scholarship and distinction just a random quality built by each individual?

Many questions, but overall how would your back ground influence you as a writer, and in turn your writing?

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I know this feeling.

Early 2012 will have me reading Voss, and if the opening pages are any indication I will love it.

Of course the opening of The Vivisector was amazing too, before it degenerated into a pile of Freudian tropes. But hey even a quarter book of great writing is worth something with so many uninteresting novels around.

>>1727237
Unfortunately with his florid diffuseness characteristic of his writing one can only guess what word he wants exactly.

Also he's been dead for 20 years.

When does /lit/ start picking up again? The last several hours have been shit. I'm holding Australia responsible.

Neil Gaiman