Ok, heres the rules.
Make the case for the superiority of either.
Preferably, list authors on your side first, before discussing merits. Hopefully we should get a pretty full list of major French and British authors of the period.
To count as British, they have to live under the crown, and write in English - so Scots, Canadians, Aussie, yes, but no Americans. French can be from anywhere, as long as they write in French.
Major works by any author cited (and any individual work cited) must be written between 1800 and 1899, inclusive.
Works can include novels and other fiction, poems and plays. Essays if known mainly for their literary value. Works of science, social science, etc are excluded.
Have at it, gentlemen.
Make the case for the superiority of either.
Preferably, list authors on your side first, before discussing merits. Hopefully we should get a pretty full list of major French and British authors of the period.
To count as British, they have to live under the crown, and write in English - so Scots, Canadians, Aussie, yes, but no Americans. French can be from anywhere, as long as they write in French.
Major works by any author cited (and any individual work cited) must be written between 1800 and 1899, inclusive.
Works can include novels and other fiction, poems and plays. Essays if known mainly for their literary value. Works of science, social science, etc are excluded.
Have at it, gentlemen.
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