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17734935 No.17734935 [Reply] [Original]

>the more allusions I make, the better my literature is!

>> No.17734942

>>17734935
Yes.

>> No.17734950

Of course, that is essence of literature, it remarks on itself. If you want a "gripping yarn" then watch a movie, if you want just the facts then read non-fiction technical documents.

>> No.17734958

Joyce peaked with Dubliners.

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17734965

Don't mind me, James, just making allusions and references all throughout my masterpiece and doing it a thousand times better than you did.

>> No.17734970

>>17734950
It's a pseud cope for not having any imagination
>DUUH LOOK HOW MANY CLASSICS IVE READ I AM VERY INTELLIGENT
Pathetic

>> No.17734982

>>17734950
This sounds really pseudy.

>> No.17734991

>>17734935
Wagner did it better. But because his artwork is evenly spaced out between word and music, and on the stage, you don't need to categorically study it for years to understand it.

>> No.17735351

It's just Family Guy innit

>> No.17735641

>>17734935
I vaguely recall someone-or-other saying something like:

"The dirty secret about literature is that books are made out of books."

Anyone remember who?

>> No.17735648

>>17735641
McCarthy.