Sunday 15 November 2009

Greatest English writer William Shakespeare Biography

GREATST OF THE GREAT AND IMMORTAL ENGLISH WRITER WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Shakespeare is an english writer. He wrote many things. And he touches upon every point in English Literature. One side he is a Romantic poet and an another side he is a tragic and comedic poet and great Dramatist. He wrote many sonnets and poem. Through his writes he immortalize himself.




Born
Baptised 26 April 1564Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Died
23 April 1616 (aged about 52)Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Occupation
Playwright, poet, actor
Literary movement
English Renaissance theatre
Marriage
Anne Hathaway to William Shakespeare"
Children

Susanna HallHamnet ShakespeareJudith Quiney




Works

Shakespeare's wrote154 Sonnets

Poems

Venus and Adonis

The Rape of Lucrece

The Passionate Pilgrim

The Phoenix and

the Turtle A Lover's Complaint Lost plays

Shakespeare's works include the 36 plays printed in the First Folio of 1623, listed below according to their folio classification as comedies, histories and tragedies.

Tragedy

Main article: Shakespearean tragedy

Romeo and Juliet

Othello


Machbeth

Coriolanus Titus

AndronicusTimon of Athens

Julius Caesar

Hamlet

Troilus and Cressida

King Lear

Antony and Cleopatra

Cymbeline

Comedies

Main article:Shakespearean comedy

The Merchant of Venice

The Merry Wives of Windsor

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Much Ado About Nothing Pericles, Prince of Tyre

The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest

Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Two Noble Kinsmen

The Winter's Tale

Histories

Main article: Shakespearean history

King John Richard II Henry IV,

part 1 Henry IV, part 2 Henry V Henry VI, part 1† Henry VI, part 2 Henry VI, part 3 Richard III Henry VIII.

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