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10630653 No.10630653 [Reply] [Original]

Why are literature scholars such hacks?

From Dorothy L. Sayers' analysis of Dante's Inferno:
>the surrender to sin which began with mutual indulgence leads by an imperceptible degradation to solitary self-indulgence

From Schmoop's analysis of Blake's Auguries of Innocence:
>The American diplomat Henry Kissinger once said, "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac." Maybe so—but, according to Blake, it's also poison

It's like they're actively competing to write the most unintelligible analysis while throwing in a bunch of quotes from unrelated sources. This is the case from the unknown to the most renowned academics.

>> No.10630728

>>10630653
>according to Blake, it's also poison
If that were true Kissenger would be dead, not an unholy demon who gains ten years on earth for every child's soul he delivers unto Satan

>> No.10630734

>>10630653
>>the surrender to sin which began with mutual indulgence leads by an imperceptible degradation to solitary self-indulgence
What exactly is wrong with this?

>> No.10630754

>>10630653
Why do you even read it?

>> No.10631788

>>10630728
>Henry Kissinger
>A man who single handedly (olay. . . along with the assistance of the US military as well as the US geopolitical and beaurcratic apparatus provided by the federal government) helped spread freedom, democracy, and prosperity to literally dozens of impovershed and oppressed countries - no mention that in doing so he saved, liberated, and improved the live of thousands, if not millions of innocent civilians.
>Implying he's anything but a saint.

>> No.10631797

>>10631788
you should be strung up by your entrails you pedo enabling imp

>> No.10631800

>>10630653
Dorothy L Sayers was an advertising writer. Calling her a scholar is like calling her "Guinness is Good for You" slogan a medical degree.

>> No.10631842

>>10630653
are you such a brainlet that you can't figure out what either of those mean?

>> No.10632718

>>10630653
>the surrender to sin which began with mutual indulgence leads by an imperceptible degradation to solitary self-indulgence
that makes total sense though?

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10632757

>>10630653
Maybe you just aren't on their level buddy. It's perfectly plausible that you don't understand their arcane way of communication or thought process because you're just a filthy /lit/ casjj.

These fuckers have PhDs and/or spend their days purely reading, analyzing that reading, and writing. This why you might find them "unintelligible."

>> No.10632771

>>10630734
dose words hab mor den phree syballels