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who is the best female author of all time?

>> No.4941926

The woman who wrote under the pseudonym of William Shakespeare

>> No.4941942

>>4941926
don't you mean the gay black man that wrote under the pseudonym of William Shakespeare and dun dun DUUUN WORDSWORTH TOO

>> No.4941949

>>4941926
Oh god, it's all led up to this, hasn't it? The next phase of feminism is here...

>> No.4941957

>>4941922
>who is the best female author of all time?

Oscar Wilde.

>> No.4941961

>>4941922
nfi

but what the hell is that OP pic

>> No.4941970

>>4941922
Virginia Woolf. She's a pretty great contender for best author ever too.

>> No.4941976

>>4941970
>She's a pretty great contender for best author ever too.
no

>> No.4941977

>>4941922
jane austen

>> No.4941990

>>4941922
Ovenhead Mcgillicutty

>> No.4941991

sylvia plath

>> No.4941992

>>4941970
>She's a pretty great contender for best author ever too.

this is b8, correct?

>> No.4941999

>>4941992
Woolf comes closest to capturing the intricacies and expansiveness of conscious human experience. She is challenged in her style and psychological depth by just a handful of writers (Faulkner and Joyce are the only ones who come to mind right now really though).

>> No.4942010

Flannery O'Connor.

Come at me.

>> No.4942014

>>4941999
faulkner and joyce are not contenders for the best authors

>> No.4942025

>>4942010
she's definitely up there

>> No.4942030

JOYCE CAROL OATES

>> No.4942039

The Bronte Triumvirate.

>> No.4942203
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>>4941999
>>4942014
>The first guy makes a well thought out, substantiated post on why he thinks Virginia Woolf is a great author
>second guy refutes him by stating his opinion as objective fact
>/lit/

>> No.4942218

>>4942014
They are contenders for the best author from their respective countries.

>> No.4942263

>>4941922
Pretty sure its that Ayn Rand lady, amirite?

J.K. Rowling is probably the most successful(financially) female writer. I've read plenty of theory by women that was good.

Margret Atwood could be a contender, or Shelley, or Browning

>> No.4942282

>>4942010

This. No competition.

>> No.4942386

Collete

>> No.4942395

>>4942203
>well thought out, substantiated post on why he thinks Virginia Woolf is a great author
no

>> No.4942396

>>4942203
it is an objective fact that Joyce and Faulkner are not considered amongst the greatest writers

Maybe among greatest 20th century American and Irish respectives, but noting more

>> No.4942399

I haven't read very many as far as I know but Angela Carter is great and Atwood is so-so.

>> No.4942431

Henry James indisputably.

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4942456

Truly feminister is the greatest of all time

>> No.4942466

>>4942456
Her explanation is even better...

"To explain what I said meant to me

>the recesses of his can do
A can of Mountain Dew
>that let's trannies post
He feels threatened by transpeople, they make him uncomfortable. The can do attitude, that they don't have to hide, concerns him. He combats this by directing it into visceral disgust; because I disgust him, he applies to term to me.

>post
obviously, posting
>modern
Postmodern is some sort of special writing style that it takes great finesses to accomplish, when actually it's merely writing that does not conform to modern style.
>on my site
4chan
>site for sore eyes
Posters providing sexual attention to me disgusts him.
>That's bullshit
The attention
>It has a dick
His anger over the attention being bullshit is directed at me, so I myself become bullshit, a fake woman"

>> No.4942473

>>4942396
Where do your tastes lie then?

In any case, I don't see how one can simply dismiss Woolf. Stylistically, her prose is beautiful, methodical in its precision and imprecision, and to be gushing, downright breathtaking at times. The depth of insight into the mind and its relation to the world and to the self is apparent. To the Lighthouse has in it much more "philosophical" content than anything ever put forth by the likes of Sartre or Camus.

Her explorations of temporality, space, consciousness, language, world-disclosure rank with those of Heidegger (and I do think they are something of kindred thinking spirits).

>> No.4942488

>>4942466
>To explain what I said meant to me

To make any sense she had to say
>to explain what what I said meant to me

>> No.4942502

>>4941976
>>4941992
Let me guess, you haven't read Virginia Woolf?

>>4941970
From what I've read so far (Austen (P&P), Rand (Fountainhead) and Woolf - currently reading 'To the Lighthouse), Woolf is definitely the best female author. Every metaphore is captivating, comes full circle in a satisfying way, and parts of the novel truly read like poetry. The descriptions of Mr. and Mrs. Ramsays relationship exceed Tolstoy's 'Family Happiness' description of love and marriage.

>> No.4942509

>>4942502
Don't forget to read "The Waves" afterwards. It's even better than "To the Lighthouse".

>> No.4942561

Sappho of course. How can you not love the first writer of lesbian poetry ? Next time you fap to a lesbian porn video, remember to have a thanks for Sappho;

>> No.4942576

>>4942509
I was already planning to order more from her when I'm done with this, I still have 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' and 'The Odyssey' to go, though. Thanks for the tip.

>> No.4942627

Me.

>> No.4942648

Jane Austen

>Rand
oh fuck off, will you?

>> No.4942655

Yourcenar

>> No.4942666

Objectively best? Woolf. No finer writer ever held a pen in her vagina.
Marguerite Yourcenar gave me some powerful feels though in Memoirs of Hadrian. The Abyss wasn't quite as good (Some bizarrely stilted dialogue intermittently) but it did have a powerful conclusion. Still the nod goes to Woolf.

>> No.4942673

>>4942666
Look at those devilish trips. I'm the anon above you, have you read HD's prose because that's what I'm thinking of hitting up next?

>> No.4942678

Sapphos or Woolf

personal opinion

>> No.4942692
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4942692

1. Virginia Woolf
2. Simone Weil
3. Emily Dickinson
4. Marguerite Yourcenar

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>> No.4942765

>>4942748
yes yes

equal to or better than woolf

Hour of the Star is the best novellette

>> No.4942769

>>4942673
Sorry, anon above me. I have not read HD.

>> No.4942796

>>4942765

>equal to or better than woolf

She's good, but she's not that good, lol.

>> No.4942798

>>4942769
Doesn't matter; I ordered Hermione just after I posted so I can find out for myself.

>> No.4942799

the only one i've read is karen russel

she's good

>> No.4942809

>>4942263
J.K. Rowling is most likely the most successful writer ever, wymyn or myn

>> No.4942816

Emily Dickinson

>> No.4942866

>>4942809

>J.K. Rowling is most likely the most successful writer ever

How are you defining "successful"?
In terms of influence or impact?

Because the title could just as easily go to Plato, Marx etc.

She is far from "the most successful writer ever" in every avenue.

>> No.4942875

>>4942866
I mean finantially, sorry

>> No.4944911

>>4942809
>>4942866
I believe that the writer(s) of the Bible would receive that accoldae

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4944919

RIP in peace

>> No.4945705

>>4942816
>>4942748
>>4942010
These are all acceptable answers.

>> No.4945716

I always say this in these threads but Marguerite Duras
Goddamn she is amazing

>> No.4946284

>>4945716
I only watched Hirosima Mon Amour which she wrote the screenplay to. I loved the movie but it may have been because of Resnais. What should I read of Duras?

>> No.4946676

>>4944919
if she was white nobody would have given a shit nor would she be praised like this

>> No.4946713

>>4945716
Sarraute the best post WW2 french writer.

When it comes to living authors, Marie Ndiaye is also pretty fucking good.
>you'll never be signed to the publishing house of Beckett, Simon, Derrida, Butor and Deleuze at the age of 18

>>4946284
Moderato Cantabile, The Ravishing of Lol V. Stein

>> No.4946758

>>4946676
if shakespeare was black nobody would have given a shit nor would he be praised like this

>> No.4946771

>>4942655
My nigga.
She is incredible, perhaps because she writes like a man.

Also Karen Blixen, as a Dane I have to mention her.

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4946803

Mary Shelley, absolutely no contest.
Also pic related

>> No.4946804

Haven't read any Austen or Bronte so can't rate them, but from my own experience, I'd rate Edith Wharton and Shirley Hazzard

>> No.4946826

>>4946758
>comparing shakespeare to a hack

now ive seen it all