>ESL writes the most beautiful English prose of the last two centurieswhat is this bullshit? how?
>>24701086Conrad is straight purple prose, fuck outta here. Literally any modernist mogs him
>ESL writes the most beautiful English prose of the last centuryWhat is this bullshit? How?
>>24701096Modernism is more interesting than it is beautiful.Modernism is vibes. Conrad is aura farming.
>>24701121More like aura draining. Compare him to mid 19th century authors. Thoreau, Melville...
>>24701086>>24701106I mean, have you seen the slop EFLs produce? It's not that hard.
>>24701137Melville's only good work is Moby Dick. I have only read Moby Dick.I do not know how to read.
>>24701096Most English-language modernists were trying and failing to copy Conrad you illiterate pleb.
>>24701147Their styles are nothing alike
>>24701150Faulkner's adjective-laden and overly descriptive scene-setting is rather Conrad-esque imo. It's just cloaked in southern colloquialisms, an unending stream of consciousness, and a complete disregard for punctuation. Hemingway is less guilty of it, but he still did it from time to time, and usually to make a thematic or narrative point.
>>24701086>>24701106How did they learn such good English, ESLbros?
>>24701086I recommend reading his preface to the Nigger of the Narcissus. It's practically his literary manifesto.>A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.
>>24701086Beauty is subjective
