/lit/ - Literature

why are Plato, Aristotle, Virgil and other classical figures located in Limbo?

are they not fit for heaven?

Anyone else finding Dante's comedy in english translation not particularly good? Anyone know of a translation with great musicality to the language? Naturally following a metre, even rhyming perhaps? People claim he is one of the greatest poet but i see none of it in translation. The poetic imagery however is still often striking despite being quite sparsely used.The themes and the plot are perhaps interesting but are often not the things which interests me the most in books. Especially not in poetry. Would be interesting to hear from someone who has read both the original and the translation how big the d difference is.

>>9622581
>Fanfics are relatively new
...um, no, try again sweetie

Although its subjective, and it might not be one of your favorites

if there was a consensus on what the most influential poem of the 20th century, what would it be? of any language

Where do you guys download your academic books? Like, if bookzz dot org doesn't have something am I fucked?

Chheeers

>>8625426
Read philosophy, instead.

You'll either find the the meaning of life, and try to prolong your decrepit existence; or, come to the conclusion that death via helium is unnecessarily complicated, and that just blowing your brains out by a 12-gauge or jumping off a building is much more /lit/-core.

Are you prepared to to greet Charon?

>you
>favorite Latin word or phrase

>me
>nanos gigantum humeris insidentes

>>8540932
You need some proofreading done on it.

>fantasize about meeting dante
>get sad knowing he probably wouldn't like me

>read Inferno in English
>it's one of the best experiences I've ever had
>try to imagine how it feels in Italian
>almost cry because I'll never know
>a faint idea of the beauties of the original keep gnawing on my mind

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