Alessandro Manzoni’s writing is beautiful, deep and at times wittily modern - and in his telling of la ‘peste’ in 17th century Milano so insightful for what we witnessed with COVID…A beautiful writer but I am biased as I am from Como.
I’m proud to say I’ve read Quijote not once, but twice. Once in English and once in Spanish. Was also in “Man of La Mancha” twice which was awkward since I knew the text well enough to know how many liberties they were taking with the source material.
I still remember how much I enjoyed reading Augustine's Confessions, and I've been meaning to read Rabelais for such a long time, so maybe this is my sign to get started! Thank you for sharing this list.
I actually read Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre for my PhD exams, along with a bunch of other Goethe works. About to begin Don Quixote and have not read the rest. The influence of Don Quixote on German literature was talked about in my program, but never assigned.
Excellent list, thank you.!!
We are glad you like it, Alex!
Brilliant! I’ve got a few on my shelf already. Now I’ve got the impetus to dust them off and read them. Thank you!
You are welcome, Sean! Don’t forget to join our discussion on Don Quixote…
Alessandro Manzoni’s writing is beautiful, deep and at times wittily modern - and in his telling of la ‘peste’ in 17th century Milano so insightful for what we witnessed with COVID…A beautiful writer but I am biased as I am from Como.
Well said, Francesca!
Well, I read SOME of Don Quixote, anyway. Do I get partial credit?
Some surprises here—good post!
I’m proud to say I’ve read Quijote not once, but twice. Once in English and once in Spanish. Was also in “Man of La Mancha” twice which was awkward since I knew the text well enough to know how many liberties they were taking with the source material.
I still remember how much I enjoyed reading Augustine's Confessions, and I've been meaning to read Rabelais for such a long time, so maybe this is my sign to get started! Thank you for sharing this list.
I actually read Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre for my PhD exams, along with a bunch of other Goethe works. About to begin Don Quixote and have not read the rest. The influence of Don Quixote on German literature was talked about in my program, but never assigned.
This is very helpful! I hadn't heard of Gargantua but having just finished Gulliver's Travels I wondered if perhaps Gargantua inspired it. And it did!
I am happy to say that, as a Spanish, when I was 16 I had to read the Quixote in HS. The two books.
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Yes Beauty matters and muchly soo.
Please check out this essay on Reality Truth & The Beautiful too
http://cms-revelation-magazine/adidam.org/books/transcendental-realism/2
Related references:
http://beezone.com/baptism-of-immortal-happiness The Baptism of Immortal Happiness
http://beezone.com/current/whenbodyfulllight.html When the Body is Full of Light
http://beezone.com/current/cultureofecstasy.html The Culture of Ecstasy
http://www.integralworld.net/reynolds18.html Reality As Indivisible Conscious Light
I would not exactly call these “books you’ve never read.” Most are classics.
I’m proud to say I’ve read Don Quixote, more than once. I love it.
Immediately purchased don quixote.
Nice list!