Bukowksi!
Mutatis... I think you posted him in the wrong thread. You surely must have intended to place him in the "Most Overrated Writers" thread.
Bukowksi!
Mutatis... I think you posted him in the wrong thread. You surely must have intended to place him in the "Most Overrated Writers" thread.
Beware of the man with just one book. -Ovid
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.- Mark Twain
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Yeah, you're right. Ayn Rand definitely deserves to be mentioned here, though!Originally Posted by stlukesguild
Bukowksi!
Mutatis... I think you posted him in the wrong thread. You surely must have intended to place him in the "Most Overrated Writers" thread.
I don't think he is the greatest, but I agree that he was underrated for a long time.
Also I think Dino Buzzati deserves more recognition.
There is shadow under this red rock,
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot
Somehow... once again... reading your words while looking at your avatar... it all makes perfect sense.
Beware of the man with just one book. -Ovid
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.- Mark Twain
My Blog: Of Delicious Recoil
http://stlukesguild.tumblr.com/
Why the agression
And what do you think is wrong with what I said. I shouldn't be asking, of course you should explain yourself if you disagreed
There is shadow under this red rock,
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot
He may have been referring to me while you posted in the interrum. Peter Griffin does say a lot of stupid stuff, after all.
You are right. Sorry stlukesguild
There is shadow under this red rock,
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot
Maybe Arthur Machen, although he has written his own share of not so good books...
But i think he deserved to be on the same level of fame as Lovecraft, and he definitely is not.
George Eliot seems a bit underrated to me.
I second that my dear, indeed I do.
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Dante is quite underrated these days.
I'm not sure either George Eliot or Dante are underrated! Both are tremendously popular, and rightly so.
George Eliot continues to be one of the leading writers of the Victorian period, and one who holds popular appeal even among the non-academic - Middlemarch is often held up as one of the finest novels ever written. And as for Dante, well, he's universally considered one of the most important writers ever, in any language. Surely?
They are rather far removed from the other people on this list!
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
How is Dante underrated?? He is among the 5 greatest writers of all time according to almost everyone
There is shadow under this red rock,
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot
WHERE besides the UK is Eliot tremendously popular ?
Yes, in certain circles Dante IS popular, for all the others that
name is just an Olive Oil-Brand...
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I remember St.Lukes used to have a signature with an Ovid quote: "There is no difference between the man who does not read good books and the man who cannot read good books". And I agree with him. The majority of our western population is illiterate, and it would be cruel and unjust to expect more from them. But amongst the literate community, I have yet to hear anyone who would claim that Dante is not amongst Literature's finest. Of course one could say that anglo-phones value Shakespeare above Dante too much, but then again calling Napoleon a greater general than Alexander, or vice versa is hardly over or underrating one or the other.
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