/lit/ - Literature

>>16376882
For the simple fact of the Anglo-Saxon era, Britain for sure. Nothing the entirety of Europe has ever produced has ever matched the depth of Anglo-Saxon literature.

Clearly Britain.

>>16376882
French.
A*gloids are eternally cucked by how many words the French fucked into their plebeian language.

>>16376914
How many loanwords a language has no bearing on the quality of its literary tradition dumb faggot.

>>16376882
clearly dependent on the time period: britain in the 19th century, america in the 20th

>>16376942
*french in the 18th and 20th

>>16376937
Tell that to the Romans and how they amplified their own /lit/ & language by borrowing so much from the Greeks. e*glish feeds off of the scraps of French superiority.

>>16376882
Probably France overall for literature, though it’s closer than those who seethe over Anglos would have you believe.
When it comes to philosophy, Britain wins by default because the 20th century “philosophy” of France gives it an automatic loss to any other nation.

>>16376954
>e*glish feeds off of the scraps of French superiority
English literature turned to shit after the Norman Invasion, the golden age of English lit was the Anglo-Saxon era you mongrel.

>>16376964
>the golden age of English lit was the Anglo-Saxon era
Oh that Christian propaganda? Nice. Enjoy being known for diverse YA within a century.

La France, bien sûr.

>>16377015
>noooo it had elements of something i dont like its all bad!!!
It was the truest recorded embodiment of the Germanic heroic warrior tradition, sorry if you're butthurt about a small fact that plays a background role in all of it.

>>16377029
>soijack
The vulgar a*glo has finally unveiled himself.

>>16376941
Basiert und rotgepillt. Shakespeare is considered part of the German canon by the way.

>>16377045
for real? is there anything the English won't try to appropriate?

>>16376941
correct answer.

>>16376882

Literally no reason to read any book written after July 4th 1776 from any other country.

>>16376882
I am sure French have good literature however I don't understand french and translated works just aren't the same. Only people who are fluent in English and French to the same degree (preferably native) can answer OPs question.

>>16377041
>said in anglish
The impotent napoleon complex of the french needs not to be unveiled, as it is obvious to all.

>>16376941
Exactly what I was thinking

>>16376882
Britain for Shakespeare, Marlowe, and Jonson alone.

>>16376882
Britain. Best empire, best literature.

They're both overrated.

Neither can compete