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the only types of books i read anymore are biographies
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:33 PM Author: House-broken Stage i'll read any well-written biography, more or less. of anyone. doesn't matter what field the person was in or what kind of life s/he led. this is my favorite literary form. |
Date: February 20th, 2018 2:34 PM Author: jade piazza why
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:40 PM Author: House-broken Stage i think the 'Individual Life' is the lens best suited to making all things intelligible. you learn more about history/history of ideas/psychology, everything, by seeing them refracted through the prism of the mundane Individual Life. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3898568&forum_id=2#35445874) |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:41 PM Author: provocative resort something to be said for this, that's for sure.
I also like biographies of artists bc it has all of this stuff as well as criticism/interpretation.
Joyce by Ellman is excellent example here |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:41 PM Author: wine gunner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3898568&forum_id=2#35445886) |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: jade piazza hmm Is your "individual life" terminology ad hoc? Recommend a biography |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:35 PM Author: startled salmon degenerate school whats a good bio u read recently (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3898568&forum_id=2#35445835) |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:40 PM Author: House-broken Stage Larry Bird "Drive" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3898568&forum_id=2#35445881) |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: startled salmon degenerate school pass (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3898568&forum_id=2#35445897) |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:42 PM Author: Passionate purple theatre i agree but only autobiographies. biographies have too much of the writer's dumb perspective in them. i want to understand the thinking process of the person i'm reading about
im almost finished with john paul getty's autobiography. its pretty illuminating on how the guy thinks |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:46 PM Author: Flesh temple boistinker I think avoiding fiction is a defensible idea. Much fiction is poorly written, and the entire premise of fiction is suspect.
There is a fundamental problem with fiction. The life lessons learned from reading fiction may be maladaptive. Many of our most reknown fiction authors have been misfits or outright degenerates. The imaginary world they create, and invite us to become a part of, often does not comport with reality and makes the reader less well equipped to deal with reality. |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:47 PM Author: provocative resort hmm I'd rethink this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3898568&forum_id=2#35445950) |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:50 PM Author: Flesh temple boistinker Why don't you cast a spell on me, like your friend Harry Potter? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3898568&forum_id=2#35445978) |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:51 PM Author: provocative resort lol dude stop. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3898568&forum_id=2#35445981) |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 2:47 PM Author: Passionate purple theatre this is correct (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3898568&forum_id=2#35445954) |
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Date: February 20th, 2018 3:15 PM Author: Boyish territorial milk old irish cottage I like them too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3898568&forum_id=2#35446201) |