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Reddit has BTFO’d this list because there are almost no women or minorities. Mostly just white western guys. How will you recover from these blithering criticisms, lit?

>> No.16412190

>>16412171
Horrible bait and pretty sure you used the word "blithering" wrong

>> No.16412205

>>16412190
It’s kinda weird but not grammatically wrong.

>> No.16412261

>>16412171
Link?

>> No.16412298

The people over there are ONLY interested in art for its political utility. Don't be like them.

>> No.16412310

>>16412171
Redditors got shit taste when it comes to literature. Therefore anything they say is completely invalid.

>> No.16412325

>>16412171
>Aeneid isn't even in top 5
>Paradise Lost isn't even in top 5
>The Divine Comedy isn't even in top 5
>The Bible isn't even in top 5
>Ovid's Metamorphoses isn't even in the top 100

It's a shit list, and it just goes to show how poorly read /lit/ is, when the greatest works of literature are getting replaced by meme books.

>> No.16412346

It’s not our fault that most great writers just so happen to be western men. If women want to be included more then they should write better. Also props to the reddit identitarians who judge books by the race or nationality of the writer rather than the book itself.

>> No.16412363

>>16412325
But the Bible is in the top 5

>> No.16412367

>>16412325
Have you ever seen what other forums come up with? Most undisputed classics are near the top and a lot of lesser known gems are on the list. Of course you can tell this board is a bit young and Anglocentric, but it's by no means bad. More recent /lit/ charts are ACTUALLY bad.
>The Bible isn't even in top 5
lol

>> No.16412443

>>16412325
of course it's a shit list, you don't get good lists with unregulated community voting, but at least it's not this: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/reddit-top-200

>> No.16412450

>>16412443
what the fuck

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16412618

>>16412171
>Fagles

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>>16412443

>> No.16414251

>>16412618
I think its just on there because its the most aesthetic cover. I dont think that those versions are on there due to the quality of the fagoes translations

>> No.16414346

>>16412346
it is our fault. We are drawn to the works of White men because their minds are that much better than every other group. It's our own supierior taste which guides us. If we had shitty taste we might like whatever black trans jew latinix author reddit does.

>> No.16414375

>>16412443
A strange mix really. There's good books in there, but there's some revolting midwit-core pop-sci and also obvious high school curriculum thrown in, exposing the ones who don't even read, just think they're well read for doing their assigned reading

>> No.16414377

>>16412325
democracy leads to mediocrity