The Shakespeare List
From the Shakespeare Book (DK): Born more than four and a half centuries ago, William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is generally acknowledged to be the greatest imaginative writer in the English language. He was a major poet, writing two narrative poems, 154 sonnets, and other verses. But above all, he was a poetic dramatist, the author or part-author of almost 40 plays, which range from the most delicate of romantic comedies, [...] through a series of plays about English and Roman history, to the most profound tragedies [...].
Far from dwindling with the passage of time, Shakespeare's reputation and influence have grown from year to year. His works, in their original texts, in translation into most of the world's languages, and in an enormous range of adaptations, are read, taught, and performed all over the globe. They have inspired countless other works of art, and nobody with a claim to a liberal education can afford to be ignorant of them.
avg. score: 13 of 45 (29%)
required scores: 1, 4, 6, 11, 19
