/lit/ - Literature

>>15738589
not him, but I fully agree. The prize should honour the tradition of literature, the spirit of the winners, and the original idea. Of all singers, songwriters, bards, and story-tellers of all sorts, Dylan deserves the prize the most, but the Nobel Prize for Literature should be reserved for literary achievements of oeuvres that consist of at the very least one major novel, several books, and acclaimed new concepts or ideas.

>>15454263
As for most questions on this board, the ultimate answer is once again: John Williams. His book on Renaissance Poetry is written from a position of earned experience and learned basedness. He understand why, how, and to what end men write poetry.