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Hello!
I was looking for an English Literature forum since I started studying English and Latin at the university of Leuven (Belgium) this year.
I discovered that, although my knowledge of English literature is quite good, my vocabulary and grammar is thoroughly lacking. I hope to improve by taking part in this forum. Of course I'm also interested in English literature in itself :)
Eels
PS: Don't hesitate to correct me, since I really want to improve my English!
Welcome eels! It is always admirable to see someone putting in the effort to keep up another language! I know I am always hungry for practice in Chinese and relate. It sounds like your english is really good! And it is very cool you are taking Latin too! I am sure you will really like it here.:D
good morning from phoenix--my name is alli and i ran across this site looking for some new information on emily dickinson. it looks like it could be very fun and a great source for a wide variety of information/opinion. i have a ba in english lit and some towards a master's and hope to do some freelance writing. looking forward to gettting to know ya'll...
Welcome Alli. I think you will like lit net. It has a lot of variety. We can always use another english major on board. ;)
Congrats on getting published! Wow!
Hello, my name is pillows. You all lay your heads on me when you stop your reading and feel sleepy. I asume most of you read in bed. Well, I don't.
For the girl who is currently working on a paper about Dracula. Check out Nietzsche. You may be surprised to discover that Nietzsche's main work 'Thus spoke Zarathoustra' has been published in the same year as did 'Dracula' by Bram S.
And Nietzsche specifically mentions the existence of vampires, such as Dracula (in accordance to his Ubermensch-philosophy), but not in 'Thus spoke...' but in one of his other works, for you to find out which one it is on your own.
If this is any help to you, glad I could give it.
For the rest of the folks here. I am an avvid, but rather slow, reader at times. My mother language is Dutch but I live in Belgium.
My favorite author is Paul Auster.
But many others can compete.
Greetings. O, sigh
Welcome pillows! If you are interested in Nietzsche feel free to stop by the Nietzsche thread i have recently started and share your thoughts! I too read a lot but am rather slow.I find it is more the quality of what you read that counts, and that you understand it, rather then the amount or speed.
Enjoy!
Here goes a big hello to everyone active or inactive. :)
Basically i joined this forum because literature is one of my...ok i guess "passion" would be the word. + i love forums, they're often found to be lively and interactive and quite fun. But i must confess that it's a li'l hard to try to become a part of such a huge forum as this in a short time(it took me 5 visits just to go through the names of the threads, for instance!), so i think i'll take my time and check out the stuff. :D It's impossible in my part to read all the stuff that's been posted over the years though! :blush: and i have a vague doubt that this post by me may not be ever found in this li'l dark corner of the 99th page :( .
And oh! i almost forgot to tell abt myself!! :p okay so i'm this strong believer of the life-is-wonderful-theory, from south asia, Bangladesh to be more specific, and i m also a firm follower of the take-it-easy-theory! :D I worship music, & i love ...now thats the difficult part 'cuz i love so many things- i love nature(who doesnt?!), rhythm, words, friends, having friends, good company, .....well this can go on forever! :blush:
All in all, i love Love, Life, i love this world, though it's vile and wild at times.
I am nuts about physics and literature, odd combination i know! :D
And now i'm really boring u by my ultra-boring intro, so ciao! :D
Meow, ( I started staying that becuase I once started taking naps and then i called them cat naps and then i felt more catty) i also have other original greetings and farewells I am an "INTP" which stands for Introvert-iNuitive-Thinking-Perceiving. I Am very creative and i have a good sense of justice becuase i know the difference between right any wrong. I also know that just becuase one has a sense of justice doesn't mean they will be completely just or something. Justice is about harmony becuase harmony is about agrement and only good things agree and bad things never do without the justice between them. Bad things would destroy each other but good things will never. So justice is about taking out the bad things to conserve the harmony between good things. I am also caled Enrique buT i could be called Sapp or sky or sappy or don't know... um.--- "Sapphire Sky "Was something i created to describe myself in the deepest way possible, and believe me i could write 10 pages of everything it has to do with me and everything. One example is that my favorite color is blue. I also like white red and yellow, colors of fire of course. Blue stars are the hottest of the universe and skies are the deepest on earth. I joined becuase there were things i wanted to mention about this book called "1984" I am afraid of the possiblilty of it ever happening. And so i have been finding ways to prevent it and ways to get messages across that would make people understand reasons why it does not have to be that way as it is in the book.
I have like 20 poems i can mention but should get the rest that are not published published.... this is my first post and i probably won't post to often. anyway, peach out ( instead of peace out).
great poem andi have a picture ofa bok with a magnifying glass one the word" love and "lovage" which iam mentioning becuase your pictures reminded me of it anyay i should have some other stuff to do. toodles.....it looks like i didn't get this post subscribed to dramasnot06 ....lol hey , i am a newbie andi am doing everything as fast as possible.
I live in a tiny town of about 150 people in far eastern Oregon, and I've been looking for a good, active literary forum for quite a while now. Book clubs here are pretty much nonexistent, so this is a lovely option for me. I look forward to participating in what appears to be a lively community!
I'm a voracious - some might say indiscriminate - reader. I just finished school and am looking for a job in the health care field. The last book I read was Cormac McCarthy's The Road, and it was pretty harrowing but ultimately very satisfying. I'd love to start a discussion about it.
Thanks so much for this opportunity. Once again, I am so glad for the internet's ability to bring all manner of people together!
Welcome to the forums Satori. I hope you like it here. Some really great people and good ideas are easy to find. Enjoy:)
Hello Satori! :wave: Eastern Oregon, eh? What a coincidence! I know what you mean about the lack of book clubs in the area. I started one with my English professor--maybe you should join us. :) This is definitely a great place to fill the void of literary discussion inherent in our region. I hope you enjoy yourself here.
I've not read anything by McCarthy, though I was told recently that "he is arguably the greatest living American Novelist." I'll have to look into confirming this for myself.
Welcome to the forums!
I'm not just a trekkie, not really much of one at all. However, I have a special kinship with Captain Pike... keep pondering
Welcome Symphony, Satori and Sapphire Sky!