William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare - born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.
S.
), May 3, 1616 (N.
S.
)—has a reputation as the greatest
writer the English language has ever known.
Indeed, the English Renaissance has often...
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare - born April 1564; baptised April 26, 1564; died April 23, 1616 (O.
S.
), May 3, 1616 (N.
S.
)—has a reputation as the greatest
writer the English language has ever known.
Indeed, the English Renaissance has often been called "the age of Shakespeare".
As a playwright, he
performed the rare feat of excelling in both tragedy and comedy.
He also wrote 154 sonnets, two narrative poems, and a handful of shorter poems;
several of his plays feature songs that are among the finest lyric poems in English.
These arguably feature amongst the most brilliant pieces of English
literature ever written, because of Shakespeare s ability to rise beyond the narrative and describe the innermost and the most profound aspects of
human nature.
Shakespeare wrote his works between 1588 and 1613, although the exact dates and chronology of the plays attributed to him remain relatively
uncertain in many instances.
Shakespeare s influence on the English-speaking world
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