William Shakespeare
English playwright and poet
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Why Is William Shakespeare Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" . His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
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What Are William Shakespeare's Academic Contributions?
William Shakespeare has made the following academic contributions:
- Sonnet 48
- The Tempest
- Sonnet 32
- Sonnet 37
- Sonnet 7
- Sonnet 8
- Sonnet 73
- Sonnet 40
- Sonnet 13
- Othello
- Sonnet 30
- Sonnet 45
- Sonnet 50
- Sonnet 49
- Sonnet 18
- Sonnet 33
- The Klingon Hamlet
- Sonnet 41
- Sonnet 44
- Sonnet 11
- Sonnet 19
- Sonnet 80
- Sonnet 9
- Sonnet 46
- Sonnet 42
- Sonnet 36
- Sonnet 39
- Sonnet 47
- Sonnet 4
- Sonnet 14
- Sonnet 10
- Sonnet 38
- Sonnet 34
- Sonnet 35
- Sonnet 5
- Venus and Adonis
- Timon of Athens
- The Rape of Lucrece
- The Plays of William Shakespeare
- Tales from Shakspeare
- Tales from Shakespeare
- Sonnet 97
- Sonnet 60
- Sonnet 55
- Sonnet 43
- Sonnet 3
- Sonnet 29
- Sonnet 27
- Sonnet 23
- Sonnet 20
- Sonnet 2
- Sonnet 17
- Sonnet 16
- Sonnet 147
- Sonnet 143
- Sonnet 138
- Sonnet 135
- Sonnet 130
- Sonnet 129
- Sonnet 126
- Sonnet 12
- Sonnet 118
- Sonnet 116
- Romeo and Juliet
- Macbeth, King of Scotland
- An art edition of Shakespeare
- A Lover's Complaint
