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re: 10 William Faulkner quotes that will take your breath away
Posted on 5/26/14 at 7:17 am to SmackoverHawg
Posted on 5/26/14 at 7:17 am to SmackoverHawg
Jack Handey
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Posted on 5/26/14 at 8:09 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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The sound and the fury. Not only is it my favorite Faulkner work, but it is my favorite all time novel.
Exceptional piece of writing. The humbling parallel between the perspectives of the simpleton and the learned in the opening chapters is something you never forget.
Posted on 5/26/14 at 8:35 am to Chet_Steadman120
I'm a pretty voracious reader but I never could get into Faulkner for some reason. And those quotes really don't strike me as anything special.
My list for the best (or at least my favorites) would be:
Hemingway
Melville
Kerouac
Twain
Fitzgerald
Mailer
Hawthorne
Those aren't even his three best IMO. For short stories, A Clean Well Lighted Place I think is at the top along with Big Two Hearted River. For novels the two you list would be in the running but my favorites (and the ones I've re-read most) are The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea.
My list for the best (or at least my favorites) would be:
Hemingway
Melville
Kerouac
Twain
Fitzgerald
Mailer
Hawthorne
quote:
What three works would you out against Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls, A Farewell to Arms, Hills Like White Elephants?
Those aren't even his three best IMO. For short stories, A Clean Well Lighted Place I think is at the top along with Big Two Hearted River. For novels the two you list would be in the running but my favorites (and the ones I've re-read most) are The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea.
Posted on 5/26/14 at 8:42 am to Methuselah
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My list for the best (or at least my favorites) would be:
Hemingway
Melville
Kerouac
Twain
Fitzgerald
Mailer
Hawthorne
Add Vonnegut, Burroughs, Faulkner, Wallace (David Foster), Poe, Steinbeck, Williams (Tennessee), and Whitman to your list of *NEED TO READ; AMERICAN AUTHORS*
Posted on 5/26/14 at 8:45 am to Methuselah
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I'm a pretty voracious reader but I never could get into Faulkner for some reason. And those quotes really don't strike me as anything special.
It took a while for him to grow on me, but they're chilling sometimes when you think of the context of the work. And I just love that he can imply so much to us.
Caddy's loss of innocence from Benjy's POV.. Temple's seeming acceptance of rape (in Sanctuary).. I could go on forever.
As far as my favorite novelist to pull quotes from... Kurt Vonnegut
Posted on 5/26/14 at 8:51 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
meh, Kafka is better
Posted on 5/26/14 at 8:53 am to Methuselah
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Hawthorne
I'm a huge fan of his short stories.
Posted on 5/26/14 at 8:53 am to LouisianaLady
Bunch of readers up in here
Posted on 5/26/14 at 8:54 am to Rouge
I just graduated with an English degree 
Posted on 5/26/14 at 8:58 am to LouisianaLady
Your diction is impeccable
Posted on 5/26/14 at 9:22 am to LobbyingLeprechaun
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My list for the best (or at least my favorites) would be:
Hemingway
Melville
Kerouac
Twain
Fitzgerald
Mailer
Hawthorne
Add Vonnegut, Burroughs, Faulkner, Wallace (David Foster), Poe, Steinbeck, Williams (Tennessee), and Whitman to your list of *NEED TO READ; AMERICAN AUTHORS*
Capote gets no love.
And to the OP:
“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don’t know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.”
? Ernest Hemingway
Posted on 5/26/14 at 9:26 am to magildachunks
I'm more into the content than the wording, but that boils down to people's preferences.
A friend of mine melts over some of Faulkner's writing. I don't think he was doing it wrong; I just think he appeals to certain types of people.
A friend of mine melts over some of Faulkner's writing. I don't think he was doing it wrong; I just think he appeals to certain types of people.
Posted on 5/26/14 at 9:30 am to LouisianaLady
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I'm more into the content than the wording,
This is why we get "bestsellers" that read like they were written by fifth graders.
quote:
A friend of mine melts over some of Faulkner's writing. I don't think he was doing it wrong; I just think he appeals to certain types of people.
To each his own. I was just posting a quote that is pretty famous in literary insults.
Posted on 5/26/14 at 9:36 am to LobbyingLeprechaun
quote:
My list for the best (or at least my favorites) would be:
Hemingway
Melville
Kerouac
Twain
Fitzgerald
Mailer
Hawthorne
quote:Any list that excludes Stephen King is flawed.
Add Vonnegut, Burroughs, Faulkner, Wallace (David Foster), Poe, Steinbeck, Williams (Tennessee), and Whitman to your list of *NEED TO READ; AMERICAN AUTHORS*
Posted on 5/26/14 at 9:48 am to Chet_Steadman120
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Hills Like White Elephants
This story is the perfect example of people mistaking vague writing for symbolism.
I laugh when I hear people talk about the layers of symbolism in it, then the look on their faces when I explain to them there is none.
Posted on 5/26/14 at 9:49 am to La Place Mike
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Any list that excludes Ray Bradbury is flawed.
FTFY
Posted on 5/26/14 at 9:51 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
"I'm a fan of Faulkner books, and anything my mama cooks" - Eric Church
This post was edited on 5/26/14 at 9:53 am
Posted on 5/26/14 at 9:51 am to AUin02
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Any list that excludes Ray Bradbury is flawed.
True.
Although his writing is a little difficult to read at times.
I find myself constantly re-reading paragraphs just to make sure I got what he was saying.
Posted on 5/26/14 at 9:53 am to magildachunks
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This is why we get "bestsellers" that read like they were written by fifth graders.
I was agreeing with the Hemingway quote about Faulkner's readability. I can't think of one of those "bestsellers" I've read/enjoyed.
If you think I love those books, you know me none
Posted on 5/26/14 at 9:55 am to magildachunks
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This story is the perfect example of people mistaking vague writing for symbolism.
I laugh when I hear people talk about the layers of symbolism in it, then the look on their faces when I explain to them there is none.
I love some good symbolism, but I've ALWAYS been annoyed by those trying to find symbolism in every damned thing.
Luckily, I didn't run into the issue much in college, but in high school it killed me.
Sometimes, the author just means shite the way it is. And that's it.
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