/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.15259672]

I miss this nigga like you wouldn't believe...

[Anonymous No.15259690]

>>15259672
Are his short stories good?

[Anonymous No.15259691]

>tfw Wolfe died on the same day Notre Dame caught fire so he didn't even get a whole day of people feeling bad about him before they got distracted

[Anonymous No.15259699]

fat white shit

[Anonymous No.15259712]

>>15259672
At least in the top 10 American writers of the 20th century.

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[Anonymous No.15259767]

>>15259690
Yes. They are incredible
>>15259712
Top 5

[Anonymous No.15259791]

>>15259712
>>15259767
Name the top 5-10 American writers

[Anonymous No.15259795]

>>15259672
Sad that he died, but his work was grossly overrated

[Anonymous No.15259804]

>>15259672
A great writer, a great man. We need more like him.

[Anonymous No.15259809]

>>15259795
are you kidding? he was acknowledged by fellow writers and critics as being more developed as a writer than heinlein and asimov, and yet his fame is lesser than either. if anything hes vastly underrated.

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[Anonymous No.15259823]

>>15259791
In the 20th century? In no articulate order, excluding poets and expats
>Faulkner
>O’Connor
>Wolfe
>McCarthy
>Pinecone
>Lafferty
>Gaddis
>Hemingway
>Walker Percy (not a popular pick but I’m partial to his work
>Salinger, Fitzgerald, or PKD

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[Anonymous No.15259831]

>>15259823
prose fiction is poetry

[Anonymous No.15259836]

>>15259823
Lafferty was another underrated heir of GKC...

[Anonymous No.15259838]

>>15259823
>No particular order*
Phoneposting is my enemy

[Anonymous No.15259841]

>>15259836
We need to meme him more. He may be the best short story writer I’ve ever read, not even memeing

[Anonymous No.15259846]

>>15259831
>prose fiction is poetry
this is what muh prose retards actually believe. lmao

[Anonymous No.15259862]

>>15259846
good for them since it's true

[Anonymous No.15259880]

>>15259846
prove theres an essential difference between prose poetry, poetic poetry, blank verse, and the general idea of poetry. you cant, and that is why youre wrong.

[Anonymous No.15259889]

>>15259841
Indeed! His writing is just so powerful, not only his words but also his silences.

[Anonymous No.15259910]

http://ralafferty.com/2017/05/25/seven-day-terror/

[Anonymous No.15259970]

>>15259795
Overrated? I didn't even know of the guy before coming to this board.

[Anonymous No.15260086]

>>15259823
Where to start with Lafferty? He seems interesting

[Anonymous No.15260100]

>>15259836
What is it about Chesterton and his ability to inspire and fire up total geniuses?

>Wolfe
>Lafferty
>Borges

All of them loved Chesterton.

[Anonymous No.15260189]

>>15260086
Just pick up any short story. I think Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas is good because you can get it free and it’s short enough to give you a taste of his style. Snuffles, Nine-Hundred Grandmothers, and Selenium Ghosts of the 1870’s are good starting points. His style insanely unique, like Chesterton writing Looney Toons edited by Flannery O’Connor but even that doesn’t convey his style.

>>15260100
He wrote truly unique stories in a distinct style. He effortlessly fused humor, wit, and absurdity with weight, severity, and seriousness. Chesterton is another one of the great forgotten writers of the early 20th century. He’s praised a lot by other writers, but he’s almost entirely ignored by critical and commercial audiences outside of some catholic circles

[Anonymous No.15261286]

>>15260086
I really enjoyed Past Master

[Anonymous No.15261316]

>>15260100
Gilbert... easy on the communion wafers.

[Anonymous No.15261363]

>>15259823
>>Pinecone
How do I effectively Google who this is?

[Anonymous No.15262421]

>>15261363
kek

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[Anonymous No.15262454]

>>15259672
looks like an elderly gg allin

[Anonymous No.15262474]

>>15260100

A writer's writer. His influence on C.S. Lewis is also apparent.

[Anonymous No.15262603]

>>15260100
is there a guide for reading Chesterton?

[Anonymous No.15262842]

>>15261363
>>15262421
I'm serious though.

[Anonymous No.15262885]

Wolfe's death really hit me in a way that no other "celebrity" death had, not even the Gass-chamber. I've been reading the Castle of the Otter, which I highly recommend to any serious fans of BotNS. Also, many of the stories in the latter half of BotNS have striking similarities to those in Herodotus—they are both moralistic but not in a cheap sense. Reading ancient literature (and Proust, Borges, etc.) has made me feel closer to Wolfe. Does anyone have any recommendations on Wolfe's influences? Haven't been able to get into Vance yet, idk why.

[Anonymous No.15262912]

Are you the guys from PinkyIvan's discord? The server that has Aramini (for better or worse) in it.

[Anonymous No.15262921]

>>15261316
kek

[Anonymous No.15263117]

>>15262912
Is that slimey croat still alive? What are they up to? Larping as catholics?

[Anonymous No.15263132]

>>15261363
Tourist spotted

[Anonymous No.15263361]

>>15262912
Holy shit, I forgot about Pinky.

[Anonymous No.15264989]

>>15262603
Start with Heretics, then move on to the Father Brown stories. Then you can read The Napoleon of Notting Hill.

[Anonymous No.15265439]

>>15262912
What's wrong with aramini? I was considering buying his huge book on Wolfe.

[Anonymous No.15265496]

>>15262842
Pyn-chon pronounced pain·
kown