notreallyhere@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWho are the best female authors of all time?message-squaremessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1111arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1message-squareWho are the best female authors of all time?notreallyhere@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-26 hours agoHaven’t read either of these two authors, but by “cut away stories” do you mean stories within the story? If so there is a long tradition of that, going back to the 1001 Arabian Nights, post modern authors like John Barth, etc.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoIt doesn’t make a lot of sense to talk about the authors’ styles if you haven’t actually read them.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoThat is true, but I didn’t say anything about their styles.
Haven’t read either of these two authors, but by “cut away stories” do you mean stories within the story? If so there is a long tradition of that, going back to the 1001 Arabian Nights, post modern authors like John Barth, etc.
It doesn’t make a lot of sense to talk about the authors’ styles if you haven’t actually read them.
That is true, but I didn’t say anything about their styles.