unpopular take (probably): marx and lenin's use of italics was bad and at times makes even their best work borderline unreadable
unpopular take (probably): marx and lenin's use of italics was bad and at times makes even their best work borderline unreadable
i blame the soviet ministry of propaganda. why they spent so much time editing the Arkady's and Lem's while Lenin was like "this is an apple, you eat it with your mouth and then you chew it with your teeth!" bro stop what the fuck
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Wdym?
How does it make them unreadable?
for comparison: over-emphasizing every other word kills the natural flow of reading something yourself (and makes it seem like the writer is talking down to the reader). italics can be helpful for understanding what exactly an author is trying to say by emphasizing a certain word, but when you start forcing emphasis on every other word, and you're doing it every sentence, reading the entire essay/book becomes unnecessarily arduous. I literally cannot read much of Lenin's work, because it reads like a condescending reddit post. when I can find his writing with all the heavy-handed emphasis removed, it reads a lot more naturally.
Oh... I see... the italics kinda throws me off a bit
it's like the weird random bolding in MAD magazine stuff...
over-emphasizing every other word kills the natural flow of reading something yourself (and makes it seem like the writer is talking down to the reader). italics can be helpful for understanding what exactly an author is trying to say by emphasizing a certain word, but when you start forcing emphasis on every other word, and you're doing it every sentence, reading the entire essay/book becomes unnecessarily arduous. I literally cannot read much of Lenin's work because it reads like a condescending reddit post. when I can find his writing with all the heavy-handed emphasis removed, it reads a lot more naturally.
e: sorry i responded so late to this comment, its a good question