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itt: the definition of middlebrow Anonymous Wed Apr 26 10:12:17 2017 No.9430502 [Reply] [Original]

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 26 10:24:23 2017 No.9430556 Jimmy, in oryx and crake, is the most accurate example of a chantard in literature.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 26 11:02:23 2017 No.9430690 >>9430502 in b4 virginia wolfe quotes

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 26 11:03:23 2017 No.9430694 James Joyce

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 26 11:05:29 2017 No.9430704 >>9430690 Bitch I'm a dog, woolf

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 26 11:05:35 2017 No.9430706 File: 65 KB, 564x709, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] shakespeare

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 26 11:26:14 2017 No.9430771 File: 21 KB, 248x248, gilchesterton.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9430704 i stand by it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 26 17:47:40 2017 No.9432305 >>9430690 made me chuckle >>9430502 no such thing, there's only high brow and low brow and the lack of middle ground only goes to show how false the substitution really is

>>	Anonymous Wed Apr 26 18:10:43 2017 No.9432391 >>9430690 Virginia Woolf is (no Joyce, but) great.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 02:32:55 2017 No.9433977 File: 14 KB, 293x450, Higuys.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 02:43:07 2017 No.9433998 paulo coelho

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 02:43:53 2017 No.9434000 >>9430704 lol... i get it :^)

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 02:46:45 2017 No.9434004 >scratch head >sniff finger >smells like poo poo Music for this feel

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 03:56:42 2017 No.9434104 mid•dle•brow/ˈmJdəlˌbraʊ/ n.[countable] Informal Terms a person of ordinary tastes and interests:A middlebrow is between a highbrow and a lowbrow. adj.Sociology characteristic of middlebrows.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 04:02:33 2017 No.9434112 >>9430556 >chantard for a moment i thought this was some effete expression of French derivation for someone who sings their dialogue. i've been here too long.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 04:48:39 2017 No.9434190 >>9433977 I like Malcolm Gladwell even though I know it's not top quality. He just has a really comfy writing style.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 05:27:31 2017 No.9434267 >>9430502 I read her intro for She by H Rider Haggard. She talks more about herself than the actual book.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 05:36:55 2017 No.9434277 >>9430502 I like her early poetry, it's good for a young aspiring author but she developed (or failed to develop) into something so incredibly tedious

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 07:50:45 2017 No.9434520 >>9430502 You may be giving her too much credit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 08:00:59 2017 No.9434551 >>9430502 Nevil Shute desu

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 08:54:54 2017 No.9434664 >>9434267 that's what intros are for. that's why Harlan Ellison writes all his own intros.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 08:56:30 2017 No.9434667 >>9434190 I tried one of his books and was put off by his writing style and I love pop-science

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 12:51:03 2017 No.9435283 'The 5 Who Met in Heaven' - essential bookclub-core

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 13:11:58 2017 No.9435350 File: 2.50 MB, 1820x4348, 1401928543724.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] interchangeable with collegecore

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 13:51:34 2017 No.9435457 >>9434664 I prefer those who discuss the concepts, inspirations, themes and impact of the work.

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 21:48:12 2017 No.9436920 File: 41 KB, 1024x689, OBC_logo.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9430502

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 21:50:25 2017 No.9436930 new york city

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 21:56:10 2017 No.9436963 >>9436930 kek

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 21:56:53 2017 No.9436965 Ian McEwan Phillip Roth Zadie Smith

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 21:58:38 2017 No.9436977 >>9434112 I was your brother in arms (those arms being situational deafness)

Anonymous Thu Apr 27 22:15:26 2017 No.9437041

>>9436965
Billy Collins
Any of the "dirty realists" except Carver
Every member of the "brat pack"
Junot Diaz
Hemingway (that's right)
Steinbeck
Dave Eggers (total fraud)
Joyce Carol Oates
Franzen
Eugenides
Updike (pains me to say it)
Murikami
Michener/Wouk/others like this
Tom Wolfe
Graphic """novels""
Look at the shortlists for the Pulitzer, NBA, and especially Man Booker and it's a dismal tableaux of mediocrity. It's shocking how rarely first rate stuff is actually recognized
>Philip Roth
wrong

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 22:46:29 2017 No.9437117 >>9437041 I agree with all but Steinbeck. He's definitely got a strong middle row streak, but Grapes of Wrath is formalistically innovative enough to be high brow (cf. The alternation between objective and subjective chapters with a consistent POV).

>>	Anonymous Thu Apr 27 22:54:47 2017 No.9437137 >>9435350 really? the whole list... come on, there are some incredible books on that list. maybe i fell for the meme but IJ was unironically the best book ive ever read

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 00:06:25 2017 No.9437313 File: 12 KB, 300x200, IMG_0344.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9437137

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 00:08:00 2017 No.9437319 Virginia Woolf, desu. Her definition of the term describes her work better than anything else. It really is a remarkable case of projection.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 00:12:21 2017 No.9437329 >>9437313 idk what skinner is trying to say here... ARE YOU MOCKING ME?????

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 00:13:17 2017 No.9437332 Franzen.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 00:14:22 2017 No.9437337 File: 21 KB, 456x384, IMG_0017.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9437329

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 00:39:21 2017 No.9437388 Robert Frost

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 00:48:36 2017 No.9437410 Cormac Mccarthy

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 09:24:14 2017 No.9438314 >>9437319 >"If any human being, man, woman, dog, cat or half-crushed worm dares call me 'middlebrow' I will take my pen and stab him, dead." REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 09:55:33 2017 No.9438411 File: 2.27 MB, 1090x882, 1490607415148.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>9437041 >Graphic """novels""

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 28 10:06:13 2017 No.9438437 >>9437041 >Billy Collins Billy Collins is definitely middle brow but I don't think he's really trying for anything else.

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