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Best languages for literature?
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geoffw
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28 February 2012 at 7:49pm | IP Logged

nway wrote:

Choosing the "best languages for literature" is like choosing the "best colors for clothing".

Well put. So of course, I have to argue...but really only to say that certain languages have very little literature...which probably were not languages the OP was considering anyways becuase they're so small and poorly documented.
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Rincewind
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29 February 2012 at 12:08am | IP Logged

Professor Arguelles has posted this list on his site.

The Expanded Comprehensive Canon for Eastern and Western Civilization

The Portuguese section could be significantly enlarged, but it's a start.
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Medulin
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01 March 2012 at 4:08am | IP Logged

Tamil and Greek for ancient literature. ;)
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01 March 2012 at 7:08am | IP Logged

Rincewind wrote:

The Portuguese section could be significantly enlarged, but it's a start.

Send him your proposed additions. He strikes me as someone always on the prowl for something good to read.
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Rincewind
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01 March 2012 at 10:37am | IP Logged

jimbo wrote:

Rincewind wrote:

The Portuguese section could be significantly enlarged, but it's a start.

Send him your proposed additions. He strikes me as someone always on the prowl for something good to read.

I'll do that.
It's tricky, though, because most of the best Brazilian literature was written in the 20th Century, so most of the writers haven't been dead for 100 years yet, but still there's at least a few works that could be in there. I'll go over it carefully.

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