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century rankings for literature
19th > 20th > 18th > 16th > 17th >> 21st

>> No.21922882

*and philosophy

>> No.21922887

All I know is

14th century - 17th century >>> 18th century - 21st century

>> No.21922891

>>21922880
Yeah you’re certainly right, Pynchon-shit and Stephen King certainly supersedes prime Shakespeare

>> No.21922908

>>21922891
Shakesphere is better than anything in the 20th century but he's among only a few great writers of his generation whereas the 20th century had at least 200 great writers

>> No.21922924

>>21922908
>200 great writers
Eliot, Joyce, Kafka, Marquez… yeah that’s about it

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1. XVII.

2. XVI.

3. XX.

4. XV.

5. XIX.

6. XVIII.

>> No.21922940

>>21922924
Pound, Gaddis, Calvino, Perec, Celine, Mann, Proust, Doblin, Musil, Gass, Alfau, Casares, ect

>> No.21922955

>>21922880
wrong the ancients are best

>> No.21922956

>>21922940
Yeah I forgot Proust. The rest are not on their level. Gass is a personal favorite but I don’t know if I can call him equal

>> No.21923016

>>21922956
Proust and the other great modernist novelists (Musil and Mann) represent the greatest literary movement in the history of the medium.

>> No.21923018

>>21922955
philosophy maybe (thought I prefer the german idealists) but fiction? No fucking way.