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10709666 No.10709666 [Reply] [Original]

Why's it seem all writers, and I mean all writers then and now, fall into equivocations (classic writers bloviating); whereby the prose bloats into drivel. Yes, even minimalists do this but on a smaller scale. Lastly, why am I and the rabblement, unable to decide between terse and protracted prose?
Regards, anon.

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10709674

protracted aesthetic wankery is what i look for in writing so far proust and spengler have served well
recc me

>> No.10709679

>>10709674
Read Nabokov and Manganelli.

>> No.10709705

Examples? Text and author.
But Id say it's what >>10709674 points out, it's written like that for 'aesthetic' purposes so enjoyment of language.

>> No.10709812

>>10709705
Just most classical authors. Also, why is it when anyone writes like them nowadays its called purple prose.

>> No.10709826

>>10709679
Even nabokov rambles, don't tell me those long drives in lolita needed all that fluff about the countryside

>> No.10709865

>>10709826
those long drives in lolita needed all that fluff about the countryside

>> No.10709902

>>10709865
Except it really didn't

>> No.10710050

>>10709812
>Just most classical authors
>>>r/books

>> No.10710478

>>10710050
>>>lit is better
Kek wrong faggot. Anyway, prime examples are Nabokov, Dickens, and Hemingway.