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Originally Posted by Genteel Death
You're so far stuck up your own arse you can't acknowledge there isn't a single society that misses any philosophers. Artists, yes, not some deluded intellectual. They come and go and are as relevant as Pitchfork hacks. Nobody loves them, nobody cares.
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on the one hand i don't want to intervene in your perma-wars, but on the other hand i have to ask-- you're just trolling him, right?
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Originally Posted by evollove
Has anyone tried to tackle James' late works (Wings, Bowl, Ambassadors)?
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i haven't, but i might. you?
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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
I have never managed to get more than 75 pages or so into any Henry James work. I just don't give a shit about his characters or writing style.
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he's a bit like a gossipy neighbor, and i can see how that might not be the most compelling point of view, but his prose was really excellent and his observations sharp as fuck