/lit/ - Literature

>>23311174
I admit that I may have exaggerated a bit, as I quickly get irritated when people start trying to exclude German writers of Jewish ethnicity, although "no significant loss" doesn't feel right either.

>>23310004
Thank you for your detailed reply! I was planning on working through the French Assimil soon, so I'm glad that it seems to work. You descriptions of Sanskrit also make it quite tempting, hm. Yeah, I might actually give it a try someday. My interest in Greek lessened a bit since I primarily want to read Homer, Sophocles and Pindar; I care significantly less about prose works, so I likely won't try to aim for "high proficiency".

Have you used the Assimil course for Sanskrit?

>>23309982
Excellent question, but I sadly have to disappoint you and refrain from answering, as I'm neither well-read nor particularly educated. I am only planning to start properly engaging with Romanticism in a year or two, I apologize. Hopefully someone else can add their opinion.

>>23309939
I don't care too much about his literary opinions and he seemed like a dishonest person, but he can be entertaining.

>>23309728
>Tusculum

Reclam also has bilingual releases of Greek/Latin classics. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft too, but they are basically dead now. Meiner also has bilingual releases of Latin works such as the writings of Spinoza or Descartes.

I was also curious how you manage to maintain so many languages? Personally I am still interested in giving Sanskrit a try, but it seems too much for me – especially because I still have to learn Latin and Greek.

>>23309900
>do you genuinely think those jewish authors are good
I do, Celan especially. His translation of Night and Fog is also noteworthy. I also don't know what kind of "political inclinations" you're hinting at. Look up Borchardt and Kantorowicz again.

>>23309728
>Since you show some familiarity with German publishing, I'm asking you.
Coincidentally I actually considered studying Sanskrit for a while, so I have some knowledge of what's available! (Although I am only familiar of what's in print, can't say much about older releases)

Sadly there's no equivalent of those bilingual Loeb's, as Classical Indology is in decline and the demand is low. Klaus Mylius released a Chrestomathy of Sanskrit literature, this could come close to what you're looking for. Mylius also released a dictionary of Sanskrit which is considered to be one of the best; even saw Japanese people using it, so it might even be one of the best ones available in any language. But yes, there is an abundance of different textbooks, but sadly not many bilingual releases.

I would recommend going through the search results for Sanskrit on Harrassowitz, as it's the most relevant publisher in the area: https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/DEU/suche.ahtml?act=suchen&type=quick&keyword=Sanskrit

They also published the writings of different Indologists, books on related languages such as Pali and a seemingly bilingual and annotated release of Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamaka-Karikas.

Other than that only Buske and Reichert have a few books on Sanskrit. You might find some results in archives if you type in "Sanskrit Lesebuch".

>>23296949
Is the inefable reality of a fictitious character, trapped in terrible dialogue

>>23294085
Don't mind me best post when I clicked on lit

>>23230620
would rope

>>23228293
Ralph Adams Cram is the only architect among them. Erwin Panofsky and Otto von Simson were theorists. Eric Gill may have done some domestic stuff but it wasn't his forte. There are also of course those medieval architects that left behind texts, like Abbe Suger.

>>23214309
Ebay still has buyer protection and it's shipping overseas. Dangerous business that is.

>>23214305
you sure about that?
https://archived.moe/lit/search/subject/Collectors%20/

>>23214301
I'm a well known collector I trade mostly on grps and not ebay. In this case, the one who bought the item knows me, and he is a massive dealer in the community himself.

Guys, stop giving him attention. I have been posting here for two years and he does this nearly every thread.

>>23214288
>more projection
you're a weak minded cretin of ill-repute and many people here laugh at you.

>>23214278
projection
just sold one for $2800 profit last week

>>23214225
I'm not arguing with you anymore.
If you don't like history and maintaining it then that's your thing. Me? I love history, and I love Lord Dunsany and I want to keep these treasures and maintain them for the next generation. This particular copy of Don R has a loose hinge, you can see that here:
>>23213228

Bet your ass I'll be paying $500 to have that professionally repaired.

>>23214218
>Yes, that same argument is used for the collector's edition of any media
It's an insult to compare this 1/1 Dunsany association copy to a collector's edition. Disgusting.

>>23214193
You do not get the poem, written by Dunsany's own hand, the beautiful letter, and the 1 of 1 photograph signed by him (probably one of just a couple in the world) by buying the book. That's not consumerism. There is ephemera here that is apart from the book itself. You are ignoring that.

>>23214182
But I rather have the book than $1850 + tax + shipping.

Who is being exploited actually?

>>23214160
>it's a book that dunsany once held
>signed with his own quill pen he made from scratch
>poem
>letter
>real photograph of dunsany that appears in his biography, signed by him
>I had to pay more
okay but what's wrong with that?

GRRM is fantasy for the narrow-minded virgin incel.

Dunsany is fantasy for for the thinker.

Don't read GRRM. Read Dunsany.

>>23213890
you're welcome.
more to come next month