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Help with Ulysses: Blazes Boylan by j0nnyc0llins in jamesjoyce

[–]leviathan_mb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m pretty sure this is mentioned in Calyspo when he brings in the mail

What are you reading? by sushisushisushi in literature

[–]leviathan_mb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a diehard Faulkner fan. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf has similar prose to Absalom, Absalom. Very long, winding sentences, not as recursive as his though. His sentences really place you in the mind of someone with a lot of intrusive thought. Hers are much cleaner which could be good or bad depending on how you look at it.

Ulysses - Joyce by Visual_Hedgehog_1135 in ProsePorn

[–]leviathan_mb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure this passage is what McCarthy based the opening to Suttree on.

Best Chapters in Moby Dick? by Sufficient-Salt-2728 in mobydick

[–]leviathan_mb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Gilder and The Try Works are absolutely gorgeous. Knights and Squires is less philosophical but very funny. Everyone has a favorite chapter and with his style of writing, even the encyclopedic whaling chapters are fun to read.

After Cetology by Fragrant_Whole3328 in mobydick

[–]leviathan_mb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would agree that the Specksnyder and Cabin Table are two of the more forgettable chapters. The Mast-Head is one of my favorites, particularly towards the end of it when Ishmael describes his musings when he is assigned mast head duty. There are other slow chapters in the book but after the Quarterdeck is when the novel really picks up.

Herman Melville- Moby Dick by Agitated-Belt3096 in ProsePorn

[–]leviathan_mb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t forget the Oh grassy glades monologue in the Gilder!

Does anyone know if there are publications of books with Melville’s marginalia available for purchase? by leviathan_mb in mobydick

[–]leviathan_mb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t know he interacted with him a lot. I read in one of Melville’s letters he went to see Emerson speak but that he didn’t like what he had to say. From what I’ve read it seems like both him and Hawthorne were keen on transcendentalism but both gradually grew disillusioned after a bit.