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The Epic of Gilgamesh: A New Translation, Analogues, Criticism | Gilgamesh

In what is a supreme act of avoidance from writing grants (which probably won‘t get funded anyway in this climate), I decided to take a world literature course from Harvard extension. They offer a bunch of free online courses although I may pay the certificate fee just to support them. Gilgamesh is the first text they are discussing and I hadn‘t ever read it so finally getting to it

merelybookish Once upon a time I taught world lit to undergraduates (not at Harvard 😆) and always started with this. And it was often the book they liked best. Enjoy your course! Sounds fun! 6h

JenP @merelybookish I‘m certainly liking it more than the Odyssey which I read freshman year (many years ago 😂). How fun you taught world literature. I‘m enjoying this class so far. 5h

Tamra It‘s a fantastic historical study! 4h

DGRachel I decided at the beginning of the years that I wanted to do a deep dive into Ishtar, and the book I‘m reading references Gilgamesh quite a lot, so I picked up a copy last month. I‘m looking forward to getting to it. 2h

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IriDas

Collected Fictions | Jorge Luis Borges, Andrew Hurley

One of the last books I bought. Used a gift certificate I got for Xmas. Sort of an impulse buy. One of the authors whose name I knew but was never exposed to as an English major.

#weekendreading

shortsarahrose I read a few Borges stories in college as part of our “freshman studies” curriculum. Really interesting work. I still think about “The Immortals” over a decade later. (edited) 9h

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TheSpineView

The Complete Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley: (A Modern Library E-Book) | Percy Bysshe Shelley

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#West

Read the entire poem here:
https://poets.org/poem/ode-west-wind

dabbe My fave poem of Shelley‘s! 💙🩵💙 4h

TheSpineView @dabbe 👍🤩🌞 3h

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ImperfectCJ

Mania | Lionel Shriver

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Even now that I've finished this and enjoyed it, I'm not entirely sure how to read it. It's cleverly written and goes into some depth about navigating relationships during times of extremism. There's also a fatalism to this alternate history, a sense that with culture becoming increasingly polarized into extreme viewpoints, certain outcomes are inevitable. Extreme positions of any kind give opportunists and narcissists a platform to thrive.

Suet624 Shriver is always offering thought provoking reads. 1d

dabbe Your house looks so cozy! 💚💜💚 22h

BarbaraBB Great review. I have this one on my shelves too, will get to it soon. 11h

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ImperfectCJ

Mania | Lionel Shriver

Low-key readathon: Activated!

Only trouble is, the cat is so cozy, I'm about to fall asleep myself. 😴

#JumpStartSummer @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Cats can always find the most comfortable places. 1d

Leftcoastzen Awww!😻 23h

MemoirsForMe 😻😻😻 2h

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ImperfectCJ

Mania | Lionel Shriver

I've got a busy weekend of music (both professional and talented student musicians) and stagehanding (if that's a word), but I'm hoping to sneak in some reading each day. I'm working on some Percival Everett for #authoramonth, Solito for book club, and the tagged just for fun, although I'm leaving open the possibility of just mood reading. #jumpstartsummer @TheSpineView

TheSpineView Enjoy! 🤩📖📚 2d

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BooksandCoffee4Me

European Literature and the Latin Middle Ages | Ernst Robert Curtius

#threelistThursday #tlt @dabbe

I‘ve read so much American literature because that‘s what I taught. So many titles here that I should have read!!

dabbe And I'm an American-Brit lit kind of gal! World lit? 😳 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

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Cuilin

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe

There is no in between in this survey, I had either never heard of the book or I had read the book and a lot of the ones I did read I didn‘t like. My collection of 1001 Books to Read Before You Die is very different. It was nice to see E M Forster, Evelyn Waugh, James Joyce, and Virginia Wolfe. Special shout out to The Charwoman‘s Daughter for making the list.

dabbe It seems this 2018 version went WAY out of its way to include a lot more world literature, which is my weak point. 🤣 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

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lil1inblue

1001: Books You Must Read Before You Die: You Must Read Before You Die | Peter Boxall

This is too funny. I thought that the 1700s would be my worst showing, and my scores would improve by the 1900s. But the 1700s were my best score, and they've gotten progressively worse. If I'm 100% honest, I don't know about some of these titles. 🫠 My only thought besides shame after this quiz is that I would like to read more Edith Wharton and Virginia Woolf. 😉😏😂
#tlt #threelistthursday @dabbe

ChaoticMissAdventures I want to read more Edith too! It's so interesting that the books of the 1900s have been a struggle for most of us. I wonder why that is. I really expect to see more Fitzgerald and Agatha Christie. 2d

dabbe @lil1inblue @ChaoticMissAdventures Oh, we are FAR from finished with the 1900s ... many more still to come. And my best score was in the 1700s, too! 🤣 #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

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Vansa

The Rainbow | D. H. Lawrence

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@dabbe #TLT #ThreeListThursday
DH Lawrence is one of my favourite writers,so all 3 of his books in this list would be my favourite -Sons and Lovers,Lady Chatterleys Lover and The Rainbow,my review is below!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4997984958

dabbe Thanks for sharing your reviews, too! I can't believe it, but I have yet to read a novel by Lawrence, only some short stories. #TFPAS (Thanks for playing and sharing) 😊 2d

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