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Best work of American literature, or greatest work of American literature? Discuss.

>> No.493524
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>> No.493525

Uh yeah pretty much it is.

>> No.493523

This book screamed "When you want to write about something, you KNOW what you are writing about". I liked that.

>> No.493533

I agree.

>> No.493537

>>493524

Respect, but at the end of the day, gothic writing is just for titillation.

>> No.493540

>>493520
book was so cash it made me join the Navy, which is uncash, so on the whole i'd give it a 50% cash rating

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>>493537

>> No.493559

>>493540

It made you gay?

>> No.493566

>>493540

It's not like whaling really exists today like it did in the book. Won't find the same thing in the Navy. If Melville had written the book now instead of 60 years ago, it would've been about Somalian pirates, maybe. Or selling cheap goods on eBay/Amazon, or something depressing about the internet.

>> No.493580

>>493520
Greatest, in the sense of scope. You can dig anything out of this fucking book.

In terms of what I consider "better" though, there's about 40 books that I find more enjoyable, interesting, and thought-provoking.

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>>493520

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>>493580
I'm sorry that sentences longer than 5 words bore you.

>> No.493620

>>493606
tl;dr

>> No.493673

Good, but LONG FUCKING SENTENCES are kind of distracting. Still awesome though.

>> No.493693

Most often unaccurately described work of literature, or mostest often unaccurately described work of literate?

I'd say both.

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>> No.494072

>>493597
Not even close, buddy. Faulkner's good, but he ain't Melville good.

>> No.494261

>>493524
Edgar Allan Poe isn't a work of American literature; he's a person, a writer and poet to be precise.

>> No.494263

>>494072
I didn't post that pic, but I'd say Faulkner's better than Melville, actually.

>> No.494265

>>493818
Why isn't he holding the Lance of Longinus, srsly you guise

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My math teacher said that Moby Dick was the driest read he'd ever had. He also enjoyed Twilight.

>my face

>> No.494279

>>494072
Melville "Interrupt Narrative with Meticulous Descriptions of Whaling" good?

>> No.494457

felt like reading porridge

>> No.494459

the greatest from the XIX century

>> No.494460

i wish i lived in melville's time so i could join up with a whaling vessel with my totally heterosexual just friends cuddle buddy

>> No.494461

>>494279
i consider it more "occasionally put some semblance of a plot into the big book of how awesome whaling is"