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“Curiously Dull, Furiously Commonplace, Often Meaningless” (And Other Literary Virtues)
October 10th, 2012 | Writers | journalpulp | 2 Comments
“Rat-eyed” Virginia Woolf described Somerset Maugham as. “No man ever put more of his heart and soul into the written word,” said Eudora Welty of William Faulkner. “Curiously dull, furiously commonplace, and often meaningless,” Alfred Kazin said of William Faulkner. “Hemingway never climbed out on a limb and never used a word where the reader [...]
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The Strong, The Smart, The Eccentric, The Insane
September 30th, 2012 | Writers | journalpulp | 2 Comments
Jean Jacques Rousseau, grandfather of modern-day environmentalism, who categorically believed in the existence of vampires. Persistent legend that the young Leonardo De Vinci was so strong he could — and frequently did — straighten horseshoes with his bare hands. Charles Dickens, a hyper-manic walker who sometimes went twenty-five miles at a headlong pace. A walk? [...]
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What Makes Certain Literature Timeless?
July 19th, 2012 | Universality | journalpulp | 10 Comments
“To produce a mighty book you must choose a mighty theme.” Said Herman Melville. And it’s true: mighty themes are one of the distinguishing characteristics of timeless art. What is theme? In literature, theme is the meaning that the events of your story add up to. The events are the plot. Not all stories necessarily [...]
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Top Ten Best Novels You’ve Never Heard Of
March 4th, 2012 | Best Novels | journalpulp | 30 Comments
Or perhaps you have. Yet the following list, laid out in no particular order (with the exception of Number 1), is relatively obscure: Nothing is as it seems under the sharp western sun. After recovering from an enigmatic and near-fatal illness, Gasteneau, a man with an iron will, glimpses something so extraordinary and so horrific [...]
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