I mean writers where the words disappear and the meaning and imagery is just beamed into your head. I used to think simple writing would do this best by not attracting attention to itself, but then I read McCarthy, whose writing is very idiosyncratic, but after a few pages it felt like I was just getting images and meanings beamed into me and the words no longer existed. I totally get his style now, and few writers come close to that effect. It’s just so smooth and effortless one you cross the barrier.
Also, somewhat unrelated because this is academic writing, but I felt the same reading Foucault. At first, his writing was extremely dense and convoluted to me, but after getting into it, the words just went away and made way for concepts that imo could not have been conveyed in any other way than the style he chose. It really felt like being linked to a unique perspective.
What are some examples you have?
McCarthy was the first writer I thought of when I saw the post title.
Same here. He was really good at writing about ideas that are difficult to write/talk about in such a way that it felt like he just slipped past all the obstacles and transported the ideas to my head.