/lit/ - Literature

>>12040384
Because he was. Because in the hundreds of years after his death no one has even come close to matching him.

>>12040392
I see no magic in shakespeare, just a very highly trained poet on the arts of retoric, oratory, clasical poetry, teather and fiction writing, and knowledge about hundreds of topics.

Not some inhumane titan with magical skill.

because protestantism is proto-capitalism and absolutely not grounded in reality

Shakespeare is overrated because he was English. Many better authors in other countries which didn't had the luck of building a global empire and make their languages the lingua franca of a globalized world.

>>12040409
The grammar skills displayed in this post make me sick.

>>12040409
Name one non-english author that you think surpasses Shakespeare

>>12040455
>grammar skills
brainlet or esl detected

>>12040400
Yeah but nobody cares what you see because you’re inexperienced and plain wrong.

>>12040467
Molavi (Rumi)
it makes me sad that non persian readers typically only have access to shitty overly reinterpreted newagefaglord translations of but a sliver of his works.

>>12040384
Thats actually how it works

There's a false dichotomy here.
It's possible to be truly talented but also have to put in hard work to refine one's craft.
'Talent' is the new way of saying 'God-given.' it's what people say they do or don't have to avoid difficult work.

>>12040402

>>12040471
Esl, yes. Good job, Sherlock.