I looked at my bookshelf recently. Nearly every writer on there is dead and male. I should rectify this. Which books by women, living or dead, might I like? Details inside.
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posted by Rustic Etruscan
on Oct 24, 2012 -
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What are the great patterning works of literature? In
Book by Book, Michael Dirda presents a list of what he calls “patterning works” which he describes as books that “. . later authors regularly build on, allude to, work against.” and which he says “ . . . ought to lie at the heart of any structured reading program.”
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posted by jason's_planet
on Sep 17, 2009 -
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I want to acquire familiarity with famous works of German literature. What works would a typical person growing up in Germany have been exposed to as classics or as exemplary works?
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posted by philosophygeek
on Jun 12, 2008 -
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Do you know any good sites in Spanish about literature, preferably with an emphasis on classic books or writers? Sites about both international and Spanish/Latin American literature are welcome.
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posted by ersatz
on May 8, 2008 -
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Any suggestions for classic literature that offers the hope of belly laughs? I'm looking for laugh-out-loud funny classic fiction, preferably pre-1900. Kind of like
this question, but with books instead of movies.
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posted by mediareport
on May 8, 2006 -
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