I don't know what you mean by "just about as good writers" as Rowling, but the fact is (take this from someone who spent years training to become a literary author via the road of the commercial...
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I don't know what you mean by "just about as good writers" as Rowling, but the fact is (take this from someone who spent years training to become a literary author via the road of the commercial...
Ahh ... the rest of your post echoed my views perfectly, but to nitpick here, J.K. Rowling does have a talent. Very few people have shrewder business skills than she. You should keep in mind that the...
At least this time you're not making a dubious attempt at seriousness. :) It was funny. Thanks.
How near are we talking here? :p
Maybe. But that has nothing to do with your "revolution", but rather, to do with cross-cultural divides being dissolved away (leading to more people with the necessary mindset to become great...
Bengal - Rabindranath Tagore
;) Technically, Bengal is not a nation. But it has its own language, and Tagore is also my favourite Indian writer. I would add Kalidas in addition if I was discussing...
Brilliant story again MarkBastable. I preferred the Icarus story, but this was still better (in my opinion) than any of the others this year. Maybe Kim and Me was too confusing for me? I may hope to...
Your force of will boggles me, especially considering that it was obvious after 2-3 paragraphs how much knowledge he has about the way art works, or indeed if he really cares about the truth (as...
Can you really expect anyone to take you seriously after this? You've just demonstrated:
1. A complete lack of talent
2. A complete lack of understanding
3. A complete lack of respect (for...
This, essentially, is what I've been trying to say. WolfLarsen, your post makes a lot of bold statements and follows on from them as if they are certain fact, whereas actually . Someone with little...
Can I ask which writers on this site you think can match the Norton Anthology? And can you provide some links to their work? Perhaps if everyone were to agree that Shakespeare-level talent is...
I agree with this. A golden age of literature in the future is possible, but hardly something that anyone can see coming; it would most likely be largely coincidental and last for only one to two...
Ah, it's a shame but I'll never get all the posts I need to vote by December 31st.
Good luck to all participants anyway!
I'm not saying that only one of the authors who is currently published. What I'm saying is that your bold statements hold no credence for me. Unless you're at the forefront of world literature at the...
Relentlessly crude,
Sol'tude, buried in my heart
Too deep to be exhumed.
It seems from your replies to people here who've tried to give you their honest and sound reasoning on why your post is flawed (which is certainly my opinion as well) that you don't care about an...
It's far too late for this story to even have a chance, because the competition is not only underway, but nearly over.
Secondly, sharpen up your grammar! Urgently!
I contest only that the divine skill of great poets - their language - cannot be understood clearly through translation. I would agree with you that Tagore's perceptions on humanity were of a much...
This is the answer you're looking for (or at least the one I'm most in accord with).
I would be stretched just to give you a couple of names of my very favourite short story writers from all of...
I agree with you on most counts, although I'm not at all certain Ferdowsi should be compared alongside Dante or Homer (though I have only read him in translation). The thing with Tagore is that it's...
I'm not particularly well read. Most of my book choices come from such lists, in the sense that I tend to read from each culture only what people say is the very best rather than looking for my own...
Read some O.Henry, Tagore and Chekhov and you might find your opinion has changed.
Lord of the Flies for me. I think it's terrible subjectively; a useless way of presenting something that would have been much more shocking if presented subtly. Not to mention that I find the writing...
That sounds good to me. :) It would be a reasonable approach, certainly for schools with responsive students. I think the main problem would be that classics may be harder to learn (though more...
A turn on Icarus and Daedalus? But very well written! I commend you.
Hi,
I was wondering how many of you are acquainted with the book "The Literary 100" by Daniel S. Burt. I have heard mixed reviews of the book (having never read it myself - I will admit that now,...