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so its basically about autism?

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>> No.3131183
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So it's basically about paedophilia?

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So it's basically about masturbation?

>> No.3131191

>>3131174
>about autism
Picked the fuck up.

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So it's basically about whales?

Oh wait, yes it is.

>> No.3131202

so its basically about a thug?

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>>3131202

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So it's basically about Hitler?

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So it's basically about the average lit poster?

>> No.3131213

>>3131207

Had you said paranoia, then maybe.

>> No.3131265

>>3131192
I started reading this recently...
It is about whale's and NOTHING ELSE
like THREE CHAPTERS on like WHALE BLUBBER. Hey reader, did you know about the history of the depiction of whales in french engravings? WELL HERE'S FIVE PAGES ON IT.
(actually that's not entirely true it's about loads of stuff and is a great book but still)

>> No.3132903

>>3131174
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hahahaha

newmod confirmed for DFW fan

>> No.3132905

wow, a ban on /lit/

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nevar forget

>> No.3132913

>>3132905
people get banned all the time, it's just unusual to make it public

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>>3131265
im reading this at the moment too, hard work sometimes when Melville just goes off talking about history of whale art, the method of fixing the harpoon to the boat, the history of the crow's nest

i enjoy it, don't get me wrong, but sometimes it's a little strenuous, i guess melville just fucking loved whales

>> No.3132918

hey mod please also ban the 6,000 DFW inside joke LOL META I KNOW WHO DFW IS XDDDDD COOKIES HAROLD BLOOm infinite jest plebs DFW reaction image emporium threads that are made every single day

thanks in advance

>> No.3132916

>>3132913
I can confirm that I have been banned four times in the past two months for "breach of global rule #3".

>> No.3132922

>>3131208
*average teenager

>> No.3132924

>>3132914
Back in the day that knowledge was hard to come by for the average folk, so exposition in novels was wicked bad. Even so, that book is particularly anal about the details. Considering how spartan he could be in his short stories, too.

>> No.3132925

>>3132918
except there are never any threads like that. what happens is this:

>dfw fan tries to start discussion about infinite jest
>is met with a bunch of trolls spouting harold bloom soundbites and posting that one article
>dfw fan gets annoyed by lack of positive/constructive discussion and is drawn into a flame war

dfw haters are a scourge on this formerly great board.

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>>3132918
I can't find any information on DFW or Harold Bloom cookies, but I did find this pic in my search.

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>>3132925

>> No.3132932

>>3132929
I'm not seeing any inside jokes there, or meta-, or "COOKIES XXXXD"

>> No.3132934

>>3132929
>HOW DARE THEY DISCUSS AN AUTHOR I DON'T LIKE! MODS, BAN THEM AT ONCE!

>> No.3132935

>>3132914
I thought the cetology chapters were fucking hilarious. Chapte 32 in particular is written in such a ridiculous, faux-scientific style that I don't see how anybody could have taken it seriously.
>"I am aware that down to the present time, the fish styled Lamatins and Dugongs (Pig-fish and Sow-fish of the Coffins of Nantucket) are included by many naturalists among the whales. But as these pig-fish are a nosy, contemptible set, mostly lurking in the mouths of rivers, and feeding on wet hay, and especially as they do not spout, I deny their credentials as whales; and have presented them with their passports to quit the kingdom of Cetology."

>> No.3132939

>>3132935
quality that part, melville taking classification into his own hands, such arrogance!

>> No.3132944

>>3132935
yeah, it baffles me when people claim that the cetology chapters were "pointless" or a slog. do they even into first person narrator?

>> No.3132963

>>3132925
>formerly great
wait, /lit/ was ever good?

>> No.3132972

>>3132963
well, it didn't used to make my butt ache as badly as it does now.