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Post by Heer E. Tik on May 7, 2009 2:52:36 GMT 2
Upon my sword, Hjalagh, l'm so predictable here! l most like ,The Knight's Tale".... I should've guessed! I remember that one being fun to read, and I was wondering how it all is going to play out. My favorite is the Miller's Tale! "Help, water, water!" -- "Oh here comes Noel's flood!" ;D I once memorized the prologue in Middle English, and also Chaucer's afterword to the Clerk's tale about Griselde... Lots of fun!
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Post by Mighty Croc on May 7, 2009 8:14:25 GMT 2
Forgotten Realms is another huge series - I've been getting these two confused for a while. I've read 10 or 11 books about that drow... then I stopped, because it became un-interesting. errr... this series is called "A Song Of Ice And Fire", isn't it? It's great, but I could find the second book in the library, only the first... must try it one more time
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2009 8:33:35 GMT 2
Riiight, Croc! That's the series....try to find it as it is a very fine one. These books and Prattchet's made me read more fiction so l'm glad when l see them mentioned
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2009 18:01:36 GMT 2
Has any of ya read KJ Bishop's ,,The Etched City"? I am tempted to start this one too, but l'm not sure...
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Post by Bartbär on May 10, 2009 3:42:18 GMT 2
When it comes to novels I always prefer something historical and european. I am absolutely in love with German Romanticism and the writings from the "Sturm und Drang" movement. Goethe, Schiller, Eichendorff, Hölderin, Novalis, Heine, etc. just to name a few.
The majority of what I read is Philosophy and History books, I enjoy reading all forms of thoughts and ideas from a wide range of authors and a wide range of areas. I've spent the last 5 to 6 years of my life studying German language, philosophy, and literature, so I've developed a passion for German philosophy and literature, but am moving on towards Finnish, Russian, and various other languages/books, and it is hard to cover everything. Reading is my most beloved past time next to music, both of which I don't always have a lot of time for.
As to what I'm currently reading, I'll have to get back on that one, I haven't had time to dig into one particular book lately.
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Post by Heer E. Tik on May 10, 2009 6:14:13 GMT 2
Have you (or anyone else) read Hölderlin's "Hyperion"? Even though I've read it, I can't even tell you much about what goes on in it, because it's all an outpouring of such intoxicated drunken volcanic passion the likes of which I don't think I've encountered in literature, and this passtion even drowns out the plot. The entire book is one huge word-gasm from start to finish, all 150 pages of it!
Btw, Hölderlin went mad and was put away in a sanatorium, where he ended up killing himself. I've seen his later poems that he wrote in that mental stage, and those are extremely haunting.
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Post by Bartbär on May 10, 2009 20:35:23 GMT 2
I've only read brief tid-bits of Hyperion, but have been meaning to acquire it in both native and english. Just another one of the millions of books I need to get myself.
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2009 10:35:26 GMT 2
I really enjoy reading ,The Etched City" as tis more than fiction: beautiful rough dialogues there bout philosophy, religions and....life. Haven't finished it yet but l recommend it
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Post by GµNNaR on May 12, 2009 5:15:44 GMT 2
Snorri Surtusson - Eddur
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Post by Heer E. Tik on May 12, 2009 7:24:54 GMT 2
In original? Those are a great read each time.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2009 19:38:11 GMT 2
Again bakk with ,The Etched City" ;D I've read it and now l understand why the critics found K.J. Bishop's spectacular descriptions similar to the one of Jorge Luis Borges... Those who shalt read it will also recognise some mythological patterns : greek, roman and oriental mythology too. At times even a perfume of a dessert it's exhaled in the pages.. tis a good book! If any of you has the chance to read it, don't hesitate.
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Post by Heer E. Tik on May 15, 2009 21:26:31 GMT 2
I love Borges' writings, so if K.J. Bishop has a similar style, then I must give this author a try. Borges' "Garden of Divergent Paths" especially is beyond any words... He too has quite a handful of mythological content, and twists our notions and understandings of myth and literature inside out.
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Post by swordmaiden on May 15, 2009 22:17:47 GMT 2
Well, let's see....I have read alot recently I am currently reading Dante's Inferno and Boccaccio's Decameron I also read Virgil's Aeneid I read Cretien de Troyes' Yvain, Knight With the Lion....again. Its too bad he never got to finish Perceval since he died before he could finish it. I will have to wait until after my last final exam on Wednesday to finish Appuleius' The Golden Ass...so far it has been funny
I, too, have read Chaucer's Canterbury Tales....The Wife of Bath is another good tale
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Post by Heer E. Tik on May 15, 2009 22:43:20 GMT 2
She sure knows how to have fun, that Wife of Bath...
I also wondered what Chretien's Perceval would have been like had he completed this account. Although very secondary-sourced and post-medieval, Wagner's own interpretation in "Parsifal" seems to me the most impactful and seminal, in my understanding of the deeper aspects of this legend. Very strong and evocative (and not only the music, but the libretto as well - as you know he wrote his own texts...)
Robert Monaco, a fantasy writer, has a book called "Parcival: A Knight's Tale". I'm still in the middle of it and haven't finished, but let me tell you - I remember being only on page 2 and the power and intensity of Monaco's prose has already overwhelmed and stolen my sanity. What a writer. We all know the story, but the way he writes is really worth the effort of hunting this out-of-print book down for anyone who is interested in this subject.
If anyone knows of any other good Parcival/Perceval/Parsifal accounts (besides Wolfram von Escenbach's), please let me know!
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Post by Bartbär on May 15, 2009 23:35:14 GMT 2
If anyone knows of any other good Parcival/Perceval/Parsifal accounts (besides Wolfram von Escenbach's), please let me know! I only know of his, but thanks for sharing these others with me, I will have to pick them up if I ever come across them. I'm all in chivalry and medieval history mode right now, so such books would be very well received!
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