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ITT: we post writers with no discernible talent

>> No.7351876
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>> No.7351897

I really like Salinger and there's a lot we can learn from reading him, in regards to craft and technique. He's good at allusion, characterisation, allegory etc.

Funnily enough the quote you're referring to comes from a man who regards Salinger reasonably well. I know most of you guys have never actually read any Bloom but he likes Salinger, though states that he isn't incredible and sometimes is overhyped, but he's talented nonetheless.

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>>7351876
Another Bloom fan here and watching this thread? :o

>No discernible talent?
>No mention of Lao Lin yet

Oh well I fixed that for you family.

>> No.7351918

>>7351897
There is not a single Jew writer Bloom dislikes. He never goes against the tribe

>> No.7351979

>>7351918
>>>/pol/

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>> No.7352664

>>7352661
>I have not read Homage to Catalonia
Thanks for sharing that info anon. :)

>> No.7352669

>>7352661
I might be being sarcastic, but you're really smart, I can tell.

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>>7351871

>> No.7352783

>>7351871
Steinkek

>> No.7352792

>>7351918

My statement about Bloom liking Salinger actually comes from the introduction he wrote to a collection of essays by various literary critics about 'nine stories'. Yes, Bloom said that he liked Salinger, but that was in line with the content of the essays in the book. In fact Bloom's introduction was more critical than most of the other writers were in their sections. Which brings me back to my original question: has anyone on /lit/ ever read anything by Harold Bloom, or do you guys just post memes of him and talk about the western cannon sporadically?

>> No.7352797

>>7352661
I never really liked his fiction, but some of his essays were pretty funny. In a nerdy sort of way.