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>>25246966Russia, without a competition.>t. not a Russian or their worshiper
>>25246966Where is paraguay
>>25246966Britain (poetry) > USA (novels) > Germany > France > Russia > USA (poetry) > Britain (novels) > Ireland>b-but JoyceHe's great, but that's just 1 (one) author
>>25246976Tis true and I agree with this, but if we’re going by what’s in the OP pic… the UK selections are awful! Well, not awful, but there’re so many better examples that could have been used, same for Russia.Ireland also has Sterne and Beckett though by the way.
France, no contest, and anyone with taste and class will choose the same
>>25246966Britain > Germany > US > France > Russia >>>>>>>> Ireland
>>25246978I thought Sterne was British
>>25246979Hmm, I want to disagree but Rabelais, Lautreamont, Baudelaire, Proust and Flaubert prevent me from it, though i would say, though they have a greater number of amazing writers, Britain with Milton and Shakespeare, Germany with Goethe and Italy with Dante are of higher quality than any French writer, in my opinion except for Rabelais.
>>25246966france>russia>germany>ireland>US>britain
germany > ireland > USA > france > russia > UK
>>25246991ESL spotted
>>25247005i'm GSL althoughbeit
>>25247004What don’t you like about Russia or the UK?
>>25246966USA >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>UK > Ireland > Germany > France > Russia
>>25247011Heh, fair enough. Well, it’s an acceptable ranking either way, unlike>>25247016Crazy yank
>>25246985Anglo-Irish
>>25247020>Crazy yankCry about it.
>>25246966objectively, France > Germany > Britain > Ireland > Russia > USI need not elaborate
>>25247013both of their best writers tend to be clustered up around some specific historical period, and are then subsequently historical
>>25247025elaborate anyway
>>25247028France has the greatest literary tradition in vernacular from the Renaissance onwards. Germany comes at second place because of some gigantic figures like Goethe and the glorious 18th-19th century of German cultural supremacy.The British/Irish division is odd but it serves to devalue each tradition, but even united I don't think it would be enough to take up the second place from the Germans. Some of my favorite novels have come out of Britain, and their poetry is sublime but not comparable to French verse.Russia's influence is wildly overstated, and outside of the 19th century novel it's unremarkable.
>>25247040Very fair, however, I’d probably say that though I agree with French poetry generally being the summit, I think the absolute greatest Britain has to offer in poetry ranks above the French. And as for Russia I agree there too, except for one thing, Bely’s Petersburg, which is in my opinion second only to Ulysses in modernism. Though I suppose one novel isn’t really enough in this case.
>>25246966russia
>>25246966America, obviously. There's just more variety, and despite what campists say, America has produced more great works in it's short lifespan than any other country on earth. Britain is a close second, and France ties with Russia for third. Anyone who picks ireland or germany is kidding themselvesI would miss Bulgakov and middlemarch, thoughbeit. And Flashman.
>>25246966Does anyone on earth think 'All Quiet on the Western Front' is even a top 20 German book?
>>25246966France >>>>> Britain >> Germany >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everyone else
>>25246966>>25246976>>25246978>>25247023>>25247040>anglo irish>irishWhy do taigs try to pretend british protestant planters are """irish"""?
>>25247341Look niggy, nobody really cares about that shit other than weirdoes like you
I'm British but I'd have to choose America. Close second is France as those frogs don't shy away from writing controversial, provocative literature.
USA has better chicklit
>>25247754>AmericaInteresting, who are your favourites?
>>25246971Are you sure about that?
>>25246979>>25246989Go choke on a baguette
>>25247025Snail eating homosexual
>>25247796I think the greatest of Britain far outclasses the greatest of France though.
>>25246966>the Magic Mountain MountainA mountain of mountains? I bet that's pretty fucking high.
>>25246976This t.b.h.There's a massive power gap between English poetry and the English novel.
>>25247016
>>25247341That picture BTFO'd the nation of Ireland forever. No recovery possible.
>>25247827Just as there is one between modern poetry and classic poetry.It is a shame about the British novel though, they to me are emblematic of the “novels as frivolous entertainment for women” phenomenon in the 19th century. Though there are a few standouts like Wuthering Heights and in the century prior, Clarissa.
Russia without a doubtt. Ukie
>>25247852The problem with English novels is that they're all about middle-class manners. Honestly, who gives a fuck.
>>25246966Easy
>>25246966>Ulysses>IrelandPaddies are really trying to claim a writer who denied receiving their citizenship.
ger>fra>ru>usa>brit>ire
>>25248025That's what the novel originally represented, it's only later that the distinction between a romance and a novel disappeared out of laziness and shoddy scholarship.
>>25247776Faulkner, Faulkner and thirdly Faulkner.
>>25247816Contemporary British authors write spineless, bland, milquetoast books. British 19th century realists like Dickens and Austen wrote novels with interesting critiques of British society but are unbelievably dull to read.Some of the modernists such as Woolf are kino though.
France loses the most in translation so I understand it being ranked low here
are there any french writers that aren't typical of their sensibilities french writers who are downright
>>25246973Southern part of South America, why?
>>25246978>same for Russiasuch as
>>25249331Huh, I did say that, but looking at it now it’s not bad. But I would have liked to see Dead Souls or Eugene Onegin or instead of Crime & Punishment. After all, TBK is there, could have done with a little more variety.
>>25246966Russia>>>>Ireland>>>Germany>>France>>>>>>Britain>>>>>>>>>>>>>USA
>>25247341>>25247843Ireland has much literature to be proud of, but it's disingenuous to claim English protestants' achievements.
