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haveyoureadthisbook-poll · 3 months

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#a separate peace #john knowles #book poll #have you read this book poll #polls

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extracurricularactivities2-0 · 4 months

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Boygenius is for all the girlie pops who spent hours, days, weeks, and years trying to convince their 10th grade English teacher that A Seperate Peace by John Knowles was gay as fuck.

#a seperate peace #julien baker #lucy dacus #phoebe bridgers #john knowles #boygenius #queer literature #gay people #gay ladies

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an-architect-of-words · 7 months

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I’m kind of surprised A Separate Peace by John Knowles doesn’t get recommended or even talked about more in the circles that enjoy The Secret History, Dead Poet Society, and The Goldfinch. I felt like these stories, particularly the first two, had such similar moments and vibes to A Separate Peace.

#I liked A Seperate Piece #Not a TON but it was good #honestly Gene was the best use of 1st person POV I knew until I read Richard #dark academia #the secret history #the dead poets society #the goldfinch #a seperate peace #John Knowles

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notajerusalemcricket · 11 months

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—John Knowles, A Separate Peace. p. 43

—Phil Lord, Clone High USA.

#cricket talk #john knowles #theres a john knowles tag apparently?#a separate peace #clone jfk #clone high #jfk clone high

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ofmiceandpeace · 18 days

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John Knowles books web!!!

For clarity: some of these apply to the respective protagonists on screen (like "not a big athlete" between Gene and Lou from The Paragon) but others refer to the books in general (like "War" and "leg injuries" (between Gene and Pete from Peace Breaks Out---Finny was the one to break his leg but Pete injured his as well).

If you have questions or need clarifications then ask! I'll probably be able to answer them

#john knowles #a separate peace #asp #gene forrester #peace breaks out #pbo #pete hallam #the paragon #lou colfax #a stolen past #allan prieston #fanart #web

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karinyosa · 7 months

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(10:17) There are some people who I think are partial to the notion, particularly kids, of having a twin…

gore vidal on jimmie trimble, united states of amnesia / john knowles, a separate peace

id in alt.

some more quotes from this article that i initially wanted to add, but decided not to:

i believe they were sourced from palimpsest, vidal's first memoir, altho i can't verify bc there are no free pdfs of it online lol.

and one quote from asp, which i almost used in place of the "i didn't know you needed to study" quote, courtesy of @asp-quotes :

special shoutout to them for reminding me of most of these book excerpts and essentially causing me to make this post

#a separate peace #john knowles #gore vidal #palimpsest #jimmie trimble #james trimble iii #james trimble #web weaving #id in alt #me.txt #ignore the uncapitalized ''i'' i typed this all out in google docs myself #gv

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beetlevsboy · 2 years

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If I had a nickel for everytime classical literature created an intimate relationship between 2 boys at a boarding school (one who is popular and one who is introverted), who are struggling with their identity and the emotions they are feeling, but ultimately cannot express and then ending with the killing of (metaphorically or literally) the popular one, I would have 3 nickels, which is not a lot, but it is weird that it happened three times

#dead poets society #todd anderson #neil perry #a separate peace #gene forrester #phineas #finny #kill your darlings #alan ginsberg #lucien carr #i know they are real people but I am referring to the movie #classical literature #gay people #john knowles #queer literature

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gene-forrester · 1 year

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one thing about me is if i love something i’m going to collect as much of it that i possibly can. my favorite book of all time is A Separate Peace my John Knowles and i wanted to share my current collection of different covers/editions + related things.

#this book destroyed me #i love it for that #a separate peace #john knowles #book collection #vintage books #i love them all so much #except for the mass market paperbacks #but that’s just because i hate pocket size books #asp #my books

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litandlifequotes · 15 days

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I began to know that each morning reasserted the problems of night before, that sleep suspended all but changed nothing, that you couldn’t make yourself over between dawn and dusk.

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

#john knowles #a separate peace #book #book quote #quote #words #reading

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gayest-classiclit · 1 year

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ROUND 1 SIDE B

#gay classic lit bracket #tournament poll #round 1 side b #a separate peace #john knowles #maurice #em forster

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marnz · 1 year

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I have been thinking about A Separate Peace as a meditation on gender...how Finny’s purpose and destiny is to become a soldier and enlist during WWII, and how that’s held up as an ultimate fulfillment and expression of masculinity...how Finny is so good at performing his gender that he gets away with wearing a pink shirt, and how Gene--who is awkward and bookish and covetous of Finny’s effortless masculinity--is so envious that he puts on the pink shirt and pretends to be Finny in front of the mirror. I think it is this hint that gives away Gene’s obsession with Finny is not just him trying to outdo Finny scholastically but trying to become him, to literally embody to effortless athleticism and golden nature of Finny, and most crucially to escape his own insecurities.

“I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas.”

Then we have the accident, which is portrayed as impulsive, but the language of the novel implies that Gene’s body acts without his will--as if, unable to become and embody Finny, Gene sets out to punish him. Why? For the pink shirt? For the unspoken homoeroticism between them? The novel is in favor of letting many things be unsaid. It is the confession/tribunal finding Gene guilty of causing Finny’s accident that causes Finny to rebreak his leg and later die. As if obscuring the truth and letting all the things between them be forever unsaid would have preserved Finny’s life.

The novel ends with a slanted confession from adult Gene, where he implies that the accident was a punishment due to his insecurities (of gender? of sexuality?), and an observation that Finny never had insecurities; Finny’s effortless masculinity meant he was honest and at peace--a golden ideal that was never meant to last.

#a separate peace #john knowles #books #when i tell you i was obsessed with this book in high school lmao #i haven't read this book in at LEAST a decade #but naturally i have it memorized #recently i came out to my family and my mom & i talked about this book & DPS and she basically said she didn't either--#because of the unhappy endings (and heavily implied the homoeroticism) and for the first time in my life i was able to tell her--#why i loved these books so much. and i think she's starting to get it lol #anyway i love tragedy #gender

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pygartheangel · 7 months

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#a separate peace #john knowles #parker stevenson #movie poster

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em-nikolaev · 10 months

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This is kind of random, but a while back I designed a cover for John Knowles's 'A Separate Peace' and thought I would share it here for your viewing pleasure

#john knowles #a separate peace #book cover #graphic design #book cover design #Books #bookblr #art #ASP is one of my favorite 'classic' books #I've also been told it pairs well with 'Lord of The Flies' but I haven't read that one yet so #That remains to be seen #But as it stands #I really like a separate peace

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pensivegladiola · 1 year

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Emotional Damage:

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