For the genre of fantasy/myth, I would say that Tolkien defanitely is the best of this era. I believe that he brought back the heroic epic to literature. His writings remind me so much of Beowulf, Sir Gawain, Battle of Maldon, Last Survivors Speech, etc...
Of course I like Shakespear, Milton, Dante, Donne, Marvell's To His Coy Mistress, Marlowe's Dr Faustus, Malory's Morte D'Arthur and many others.
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