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Truly the Bach, Mozart and Beethoven of English language literature. Nobody can top the trinity. Which do you prefer? Does anyone else come close?

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I adore all of them, dear son.
Spenser. Wonderful.
Shakespeare. Superb.
Milton. Exquisite.
Ah, the marvels of the English language. Its authors. Its soul.

>> No.12897072

>>12897063
Replace Spenser with Chaucer. Spenser is good, but he's not top 3.

>> No.12897185

>>12897072
Chaucer was a base journeyman in comparison to the finely tuned beauty of Spenserian verse

>> No.12897303

>>12897071
You haven't read them have you anon