The greatest American Writer was Ralph Ellison. The only book that really measures up to Invisible Man was Moby Dick. Hemingway's greatest claim to fame was his style. Salinger's book hasn't aged well. T.S. Eliot has a stake in it. Emerson was probably the greatest. Kenneth Burke was unreal. Faulkner and Toni Morrison are really great writers. Invisible Man blows Catcher in the Rye out of the water. Invisible Man beat Old Man in the Sea for the national book award.
Oh no doubt man, Eliot was sick no doubt, but Emerson was off the CHAIN. Personally though I'd love to have a fivesome with Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Slyvia Plath
This is great news - I will be more than happy to steal a copy of this once it becomes pirated on the internet. P.S.: Thomas Pynchon is the greatest writer from the United States.
Dude I haven't yet, I've been so burnt out on coursework I find it hard to read anything unless its required. I am SUCH a sucker for female authors, (except strangely Woolf, who I am indifferent to as writer but appreciate her creative style). I mean Jane Austen is ridiculous man, just ridiculous.
You sound like a writer. If so, this book will change your life: Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Purpose, Third edition (Paperback) By Kenneth Burke. If you are in class, mention Kenneth Burke to your professors. If they know him, some will, they will be impressed by you. If they don't, you'll look smarter than them. A win-win. I guarantee none of your classmates will know who he is.
