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>/lit/ tells me purple prose is bad
>All the books they recommend have purple prose in spades

>> No.11962536

>The Culture of Critique
>containing purple prose

>> No.11962546

>>11962526
Let me guess, some teenage edgelord told you to read Blood Meridian and you actually did it

>> No.11962552

>>11962546
No I read Dantes Inferno and Stoner

>> No.11962557

>>11962552
>dante
>purple prose
oh my

>> No.11962559

>>11962552
epic bait anon this one's going into /lit/ humour thread!!

>> No.11962573

>>11962552
>pretending to consider Dante "purple prose" in order to get attention
reconsider how you are spending this time in your life

>> No.11962575

>>11962557
>>11962559
>>11962573
As little flowers, which the chill of night has bent and huddled, when the white sun strikes, grow straight and open fully on their stems, so did I, too, with my exhausted force.

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11962577

>/lit/ tells me to not reference pop culture in my writings
>the classics are filled with references to the pop culture of their times

>> No.11962578

>>11962577
Pop culture references used to actually be hard to come by. It wasn't an easy/quick google search away

>> No.11962582

>>11962578
Haha omg cigerettes? Pop culture Xddd

This is you, nice meme

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>>11962526
elaborate and ornate prose=/= TOO elaborate and ornate prose.

When you get purple prose it just obfuscates meaning, good prose in this style paints a more vivid and visceral picture and uses heuristics to make things more relateable.

example

>> No.11962595

>>11962589
Not purple, metaphorical.

>> No.11962601

>>11962595
I was using it as an example of good prose. There is obvious bits of purple prose actually done well. just look at the last sentence.

>> No.11962614

>>11962575
That's a metaphor.

Do you even know what "purple prose" is?

You're an idiot.

Dante is renowned for the clarity of his imagery. It's possible you're reading a shitty translation. But it's more likely you just don't understand anything beyond "the cat sat on the mat"

>> No.11962721

>>11962614
Lol