Why is my boi Ariosto such an underappreciated poet? And in

Tasso
Sannazaro
Seneca
Petrarca
all were extremely popular and influential but I literally never see them mentioned on /lit/

Also, Chernyshevsky, but apparently he sucks and is remembered only because Dosto shat on him.

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>>9867934
>work all your life to contribute your own mark to an art that you loved
>only remembered later as being a man that another, greater man, shat upon

>>9867955
Oh, don't worry, he was a communist.

Perchè non si puo tradurre la poesia, e qui ci parliamo inglese quasi sempre

I read an article about a forgotten philosopher praised by Voltaire, forgot his name. He was really popular.
Herbert Spencer was widely read but now only known for "survivial of the fittest" and social darwinism

>>9867596
Because the world is dominated by Anglos and they mostly care about other Anglos. They will meme Emily Dickinson, Ezra Pound, Sylvia Plath, Bukowski, anyone, rather than the universal Italian poets (Ariosto? Tasso? Leopardi? Petrarca?).

And if you think Ariosto has faded into obscurity, one should wonder how to qualify the classic Spanish authors from the 17th century, who are so ignored they're not even translated in English. A lot of classic French poets are completely rejected too (please remind that Victor Hugo is by far the most important French poet, and his poetry doesn't even seem to exist for the Anglo public--it's like he only wrote two successful novels).

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lol way to rip off titian mr. engraver

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>>9867955
>>work all your life to contribute your own mark to an art that you loved
>only remembered as an example of the wicked but luckily extinct race of white males

>>9868809
nice catch, do this picture has some background?