#twentieth century literature

[maggiecheungs]

sometimes i like to reread certain quotes from virginia woolf’s the waves and go a little bit insane

#virginia woolf #the waves #books #literature #modernist literature #modernism #bloomsbury group #twentieth century literature #quotes #the waves 1931 #ellis reads #i was never the biggest woolf fan but hot damn

[giannic]

"All men lead their lives behind a wall of misunderstanding they have themselves built, and most men die in silence and unnoticed behind the walls. Now and then a man, cut off from his fellows by the peculiarities of his nature, becomes absorbed in doing something that is personal, useful and beautiful. Word of his activities is carried over the walls.

Sherwood Anderson, in "Poor White" (1920)

#sherwood anderson #american literature #the novel #twentieth century literature #Ohio writers #Chicago Renaissance

[historybetweenthepages]

1972

#history #vintage #photography #portrait #art #book cover #design #illustration #literature #1970s #1972 #writing #modernism #book #modern #modern poetry #pietry #twentieth century poetry #twentieth century history #twentieth century #dh lawrence #the complete poems of dh lawrence #english literature #europe #european literature

[alliwanttodoiscollectpoetry]

I must have missed the last train out of this gray city.

I’m scrolling the radio through shhhhh. The streetlamps

fill with light, right on time, but no one is pouring it in.

Twentieth Century, you’re gone. You’re tucked into

a sleeping car, rolling to god-knows-where, and I’m

lonely for you. I know it’s naïve. But your horrors

were far away, and I thought I could stand them.

Twentieth Century, we had a good life more or less,

didn’t we? You made me. You wove the long braid

down my back. You kissed me in the snowy street

with everyone watching. You opened your mouth a little

and it scared me. Twentieth Century, it’s me, it’s me.

You said that to me once, as if I’d forgotten your face.

You strung me out until trees seemed to breathe,

expanding and contracting. You played “American Girl”

and turned it up loud. You said I was untouchable.

Do you remember the nights at Alum Creek, the lit

windows painting yellow Rothkos on the water?

Are they still there, or did you take them with you?

Say something. I’m here, waiting, scrolling the radio.

On every frequency, someone hushes me. Is it you?

Twentieth Century, are you there? I thought you were

a simpler time. I thought we’d live on a mountain

together, drinking melted snow, carving hawk totems

from downed pines. We’d never come back. Twentieth

Century, I was in so deep, I couldn’t see an end to you.

Twentieth Century by Maggie Smith

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[late-to-the-party-99]

I was feeling nostalgic recently, remembering my battered copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz that I read as a child. I then did some internet searching and discovered, to my shock, that it was only the first book in an entire series. I had to try reading them, and… well.

I did not remember nor realize that these books are fever dreams with a dash of plot and violence sprinkled into the pot, stirred up until they’re frothing to the point of lifting off the lid. Holy mackerel.  For example: There’s a moment (in the third book, I think) where the characters are having a pleasant, if bizarre, conversation until one of them says something snooty or mean. And the Tin Man — the canonically kindest, gentlest person in all of Oz — says that it would be better if they were all nice to each other while twirling his axe at the rude person. I am unsettled. I have to read more. 

#late talks #books #literature #oz #land of oz #wonderful wizard of oz #the oz series #the oz books #oz books #oz series #the wonderful wizard of oz #time to read twentieth century children’s literature I guess #thanks for that brain #but I am enjoying this #l frank baum #l. frank baum #baum

[creatediana]

I will rise from my troth with the dead, I will sweeten my cup and my bread with a gift; I will chisel a bowl for the wine, for the white wine and red; I will summon a Satyr to dance, a Centaur a Nymph and a Faun; I will picture a warrior King, a Giant, a Naiad, a Monster; I will cut round the rim of the crater some simple familiar thing, vine leaves or the sea-swallow's wing; I will work at each separate part till my mind is worn out and my heart: in my skull, where the vision had birth, will come wine would pour song of the hot earth, of the flower and the sweet of the hill, thyme, meadow-plant, grass-blade and sorrel; in my skull, from which vision took flight, will come wine will pour song of the cool night, of the silver and blade of the moon, of the star, of the sun's kiss at midnoon; I will challenge the reed-pipe and stringed lyre, to sing sweeter, pipe wilder, praise louder the fragrance and sweet of the wine jar, till each lover must summon another, to proffer a rose where all flowers are, in the depths of the exquisite crater; flower will fall upon flower till the red shower inflame all with intimate fervor; till: men who travel afar will look up, sensing grape and hill-slope in the cup; men who sleep by the wood will arise, hearing ripple and fall of the tide, being drawn by the spell of the sea; the bowl will ensnare and enchant men who crouch by the hearth till they want but the riot of stars in the night; those who dwell far inland will seek ships; the deep-sea fisher, plying his nets, will forsake them for wheat-sheeves and loam; men who wander will yearn for their home, men at home will depart. I will rise from my troth with the dead; I will sweeten my cup and my bread with a gift; I will chisel a bowl for the wine, for the white wine and red.

—"Wine Bowl" by the American modernist poet H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) (1886–1961)

#influences #h.d. #hilda doolittle #modernism #modernist poetry #poem #poetry #twentieth century #american poetry #american literature

[the-busy-ghost]

Well 21st century fanfic had its orbs, but apparently respectable Victorian authors couldn’t get enough of comparing the dainty wee ears of a woman or child to shells and it’s making me nauseous

#It's the particularly saccharine context it's usually used in not so much the comparison of shells and ears themselves #No matter how accomplished the writer I always hear Madeline Bassett in my head when they start talking about shell ears #and dainty little white (or sometimes brown) paws for hands #Although to be fair to both 21st century fanfic and Victorian literature #At least it's not as bad as the twentieth century's obsession with the word 'nubile' #reading log

[masochistreader]

"[B]ut I don't have to worry about that. After all, there's no proof. To me this is a false diary, though no human being can be so honest as to become completely false."

— Yukio Mishima (Thirst for Love, 1950)

#yukio mishima #japanese literature #japanese novels #books #thirst for love #penguin books #penguin twentieth century classics #penguin classics

[haven-of-quotes]

Evening was come, not with calm beauty but with the threat of violence.

William Golding, Lord of the Flies

#quotes #books #british literature #literature #twentieth century #william golding #lord of the flies

[prettyboysdontlookatexplosions]

i think the first movie i remember my mom very nearly forcing me to watch was shakespeare in love, which like when she told me i should see it i was like "isn't it rated R" because i was in 8th grade and she was like "yeah but i mean there's like one sex scene kind of but mostly you just see him undressing her and that's it so like, that's fine right?" and i was like, sure i guess

#my mom's taste in literature is extremely refined #every twentieth century litbro icon ever plus the entire latin american canon and chaucer #her second husband got her into carl hiaasen who she likes for the comedy #and she read harry potter with us as a family thing #but beyond that she will not touch a genre book #her taste in movies is a lot more middlebrow she loves an oscarbait drama #she really loved crash when it came out #but then she saw brokeback mountain and was retroactively very angry about it losing the oscar lol #her taste in TV Is sort of both #TV-wise she loves prestige dramas and then also every dumbass procedural ever made #it's like #the sopranos and mad men #and then also law & order (especially SVU bc christopher meloni) criminal minds NCIS house monk #some random two-season mystery show set in florida we watched the last time we lived together? #momblogging

[bootsonthesand]

“It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing.”

- Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

#ernest hemingway #the sun also rises #quotes #twentieth century #modernism #modernist literature #lost generation

[britneyshakespeare]

Poem from June Jordan, born July 9, 1936

#i really needed her today #im going through a lot right now #june jordan #poetry #american poetry #feminist poetry #black feminism #african american poetry #black literature #twentieth century

[abellinthecupboard]

A Short History Of Judaic Thought In The Twentieth Century

The rabbis wrote: although it is forbidden to touch a dying person, nevertheless, if the house catches fire he must be removed from the house. Barbaric! I say, and whom may I touch then, aren't we all dying? You smile your old negotiator's smile and ask: but aren't all of our houses burning?

— Linda Pastan, The Five Stages of Grief (1978)

#A Short History Of Judaic Thought In The Twentieth Century #Linda Pastan #The Five Stages of Grief #poetry #writing #literature #poets on tumblr #Judaism #Judaic thought #20th century

[historybetweenthepages]

E. E. Cummings – Crepuscule (I Will Wade Out)

XLI Poems, 1925

#history #vintage #literature #writing #modernism #poetry #book #modern poetry #ee cummings #crepuscule #xli poems #1920s #1925 #poetry book #american poetry #experimental poetry #twentieth century #twentieth century history #twentieth century poetry #american history #first edition #portrait

[allisongreenlee]

The Influence of Pygmalion: A Literary Review of Time and Justice on a Social Scale

“What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.”― George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion Pygmalion is a play written by George Bernard Shaw and was first performed in 1913. The play is a humorous take on the ancient Greek myth of Pygmalion and Galatea, in which a sculptor falls in love with his own creation. The story…

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#consciousness #history #literature #novel #psychology #pygmalion #social commentary #social development #sociology #story #storytelling #twentieth century

[hellsitegenetics]

Yuri (Japanese: 百合, lit. "lily"), also known by the wasei-eigo construction girls' love (ガールズラブ, gāruzu rabu), is a genre of Japanese media focusing on intimate relationships between female characters. While lesbianism is a commonly associated theme, the genre is also inclusive of works depicting emotional and spiritual relationships between women that are not necessarily romantic or sexual in nature. Yuri is most commonly associated with anime and manga, though the term has also been used to describe video games, light novels, and literature.

Themes associated with yuri originate from Japanese lesbian fiction of the early twentieth century, notably the writings of Nobuko Yoshiya and literature in the Class S genre. Manga depicting female homoeroticism began to appear in the 1970s in the works of artists associated with the Year 24 Group, notably Ryoko Yamagishi and Riyoko Ikeda. The genre gained wider popularity beginning in the 1990s; the founding of Yuri Shimai in 2003 as the first manga magazine devoted exclusively to yuri, followed by its successor Comic Yuri Hime in 2005, led to the establishment of yuri as a discrete publishing genre and the creation of a yuri fan culture.

As a genre, yuri does not inherently target a single gender demographic, unlike its male homoerotic counterparts yaoi (marketed towards a female audience) and gay manga (marketed towards a gay male audience). Although yuri originated as a genre targeted towards a female audience, yuri works have been produced that target a male audience, as in manga from Comic Yuri Hime's male-targeted sister magazine Comic Yuri Hime S.

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#tumblr genetics #genetics #asks #yuri #parasites #ocean #marine leech #worms