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What does /lit/ think of looking into opinions and analyses before the actual reading of a book? Does it enhance your reading or do you prefer going into a book with little knowledge?

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>>7369127
I go in naked 1st. Then look up everything on 2nd pass. Then listen to the audiobook. Then read it. Then copy it by hand. Then I argue with you morons.

>> No.7369141

>>7369127
What I found, what pisses me off is when a foreward -and this is an issue with books that have been analysed again and again- is that they'll start spoiling the book. "When XXX dies and the main character's reaction shows..." for example. So when I'm really hyped up about a book, I won't look it up at all, and then I'll go back afterwards to read things I've skipped.

>> No.7369208

If it's a novel of course I'd read it before reading any analysis about it.
If we're talking about essays or philosophical texts it would strongly depend on which vision I do have a-priori about the text. I would read Phaedo without any analysis beforehand, but hell I'd read some introductory books before reading the Phenomenology of the spirit.
If what the text is about doesn't really make my blood boil, I'd go in without reading anything just to see what happens.