I've read some of the Jung (his essay on Ulysses last year, and about half of Wotan...I need to get back to that one and finish it. However, I'm looking for prose literature. I have to confess that poetry is something that I often read in the bathroom, primarily because its length makes it suitable for reading while...er...going.
The Molière - Schiller comparison might be interesting; I have the complete works of the former and most of the dramas by the latter...which Schiller play has Don Juan in it?
And glad to see I can get you to post...
The Molière - Schiller comparison might be interesting; I have the complete works of the former and most of the dramas by the latter...which Schiller play has Don Juan in it?
And glad to see I can get you to post...
Between devoting up to two hours a day to walking, lifting weights, and ab exercises and filling out job applications and now interviews (first was yesterday, there could be more later, I hope), I just haven't had much time for online activities. Doesn't help that this site is as active as a drunken three-toed sloth
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
Je suis méchant.
Je suis méchant.
What should I read next in French and German?
- 22/05/2012 08:05:38 PM
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My list of French literature I've read is extremely short, so, um, Racine? Yourcenar?
- 22/05/2012 08:17:49 PM
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Re: My list of French literature I've read is extremely short, so, um, Racine? Yourcenar?
- 23/05/2012 03:23:37 AM
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That would require yet another Pléiade purchase
- 23/05/2012 04:10:48 AM
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How about one of the Greek Novels?
- 23/05/2012 03:47:58 AM
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*browses shelves*
- 23/05/2012 06:43:38 AM
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I bought 16 books of Jung and 4 of Freud.
- 23/05/2012 01:44:16 PM
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Don Carlos
- 23/05/2012 06:21:48 PM
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Yeah, I have that. *NM*
- 23/05/2012 09:30:48 PM
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And if you were to read the Spanish versions, there are two well-known plays
- 23/05/2012 11:57:45 PM
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Okay, I looked at Don Carlos. I see no resemblance to Don Juan.
- 25/05/2012 08:40:05 PM
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I mentioned it because Don Juan appears in it, but is not the star of it
- 25/05/2012 10:24:20 PM
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It's hard for me to get excited about Spanish literature.
- 26/05/2012 02:18:40 AM
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Carlos Fuentes said as much in his 2011 non-fiction book, La gran novela latinoamericana
- 26/05/2012 03:24:22 AM
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Re: *browses shelves*
- 23/05/2012 06:57:22 PM
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I have the two-volume anthology of French poetry from Pléiade (book series, not the poet group).
- 23/05/2012 09:32:51 PM
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Re: I have the two-volume anthology of French poetry from Pléiade (book series, not the poet group).
- 24/05/2012 01:38:45 AM
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You could read the world's first Sci-Fi novel, Lucian of Samosata's Ἀληθῆ διηγήματα.
- 27/05/2012 03:08:30 PM
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Having read more about that, I'm tempted to say genre fiction has always been bad.
- 28/05/2012 03:40:45 AM
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