Tons of powerful ideas. I did find it to be .... not super accessible. I would love to read a longer book that explains this one to readers who aren't already steeped in the specific theories that this one is responding to.
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Bit Floatsly wants to read The Adventures of Ibn Battuta by Ross E. Dunn
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Bit Floatsly wants to read DHALGREN by Samuel R. Delany
DHALGREN by Samuel R. Delany
Dhalgren is a 1975 science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany. It features an extended trip to and …
Bit Floatsly wants to read Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
A 999 line poem in heroic couplets, divided into 4 cantos, was composed--according to Nabokov's fiction--by John Francis Shade, an …
Bit Floatsly wants to read Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
Pedro Páramo is a novel written by Juan Rulfo about a man named Juan Preciado who travels to his recently …
Bit Floatsly wants to read Alamut by Vladimir Bartol
Bit Floatsly wants to read Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto (The Penguin classics)
Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto (The Penguin classics)
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Bit Floatsly finished reading Pilote de guerre by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Pilote de guerre by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Flight to Arras (French: Pilote de guerre) is a memoir by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Written in 1942, it …
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Pilote de guerre by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Flight to Arras (French: Pilote de guerre) is a memoir by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Written in 1942, it …
Bit Floatsly commented on Dialectic of Enlightenment by Max Horkheimer (Cultural Memory in the Present)
Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical …
Bit Floatsly rated Dialectic of Enlightenment: 4 stars
Dialectic of Enlightenment by Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno (Cultural Memory in the Present)
Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Written during the Second …
Bit Floatsly finished reading Wilde's Intentions: The Artist in his Criticism
We get to hear a range of Wilde's voices. There is a conversation that feels like a cross between a Socratic dialogue and The Importance of Being Earnest. There is a much more traditional essay about the use of costume in Shakespearean theatre. Wilde expresses many fascinating ideas about art and criticism of art. And the Socratic piece in particular also makes is clear that he's not dogmatically claiming he's "right" about his arguments. A good essay isn't a final answer, its scaffolding for interesting conversation.