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Which author, in your opinion, articulates the aesthetics of men most beautifully?

>> No.16907830

Mary Renault

>> No.16907854
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>>16907830
Based. I was literally just about to post this.

>> No.16908095

Dickens. Men are boys, and Dickens highlights their beauty in the face of the universal conspiracy.

>> No.16908145

edgar rice burroughs whenever he describes tarzan

>> No.16908152

>>16907813
Start with Theognis

>> No.16908729

Hemingway

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>>16907813
pic related.

>> No.16908793

>>16907813
Aciman, if you don't mind bisexuality and melodramatic thought-dwelling

>> No.16908847

>>16908793
Call me was underwhelming tbqhwy. teenage gay fanfiction tier with more literacy.

>> No.16908882

>>16908847
>teenage gay fanfiction tier with more literacy.
>teenage
they're 18 and 22, right? so rather adult
>gay
bisexual, but yeah
>fanfiction tier
it's not a fandom of anything, the style is simple, but also compelling
>with more literacy
that's what makes interesting.

>> No.16908899

>>16908882
>they're 18 and 22, right? so rather adult
17 and twenty-something, but i meant it as in written by and for teenagers. it really resembled the stuff you'd find on ao3 or fanfiction dot net (not necessarily related to any fandom)

>> No.16910611

>>16907813
Steinbeck

>> No.16911703

>>16907813
gay or half gay males cannot understand male beauty
same with the fujos of antiquity

>> No.16911717

>>16907813
Rimbault. I often articulate my aesthetics thinking of him.

>> No.16912802

>>16907813
The Iliad

>> No.16913357

Mishima