Which writers can compete with Shakespeare?

Which writers can compete with Shakespeare?

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dante, racine, and pushkin imo. maybe Goethe

Some parts of Joyce are on the same level. Ibsen wrote excellent drama, too. The thing with Shakespeare is that he wrote in two genres: plays and poetry. Great playwrights are rare in literature and poetry is the harderst genre to write in. He's a rare unicorn since he excelled at both.

There would be no Shakespeare if it wasn’t for Ovid

>The negroid sperm has magic potency
>Inherent in it which cannot be baulked;
>Thus we see the subconscious longing of
>Virginal women for th'African male.
>In the same fashion, of the Minotaur
>The Greeks spoke, creature half bull and half man.
>The aim of the priests of that cult did seem
>This beast's temporary incarnation,
>Sending maidens of the community
>Each year into the jungle, mingling with
>All conceivable creatures bestial
>Prompting fantastic birth and festival.

What did he mean by this?

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He never said this. 2/10 memebait

Milton, Dante, Tolstoy, the divines who composed the KJV. De Quincey, coleridge, Lincoln, and others’ best writings get up there but of course he’s far above their average.
>racine
What fucking delusion

racine is like dr seuss in rancid French. he has some kino moments, though.

>You’ll have your nephews neigh to you. You’ll have coursers for cousins and gennets for germans.

How can you not love Shakespeare

Plato and Shakespeare and Dante are all about the same level in terms of literary artistry. I think Plato might actually be better, but maybe it's because I like philosophy.