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13. About the Dramatists
13. About the Dramatists
1. William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was born at Stratford-on-Avon and was educated at the free Stratford Grammar School. There is no authentic documentation of his early life. William Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden. He married Anne Hathaway in 1582 and moved to London in 1586 to become an actor, poet, dramatist and theatre manager. He was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. He is often called England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon” . His well-known comedies are A Mid summer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice and Much A do About Nothing, while his outstanding tragedies are Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth, among many more.
The first collected edition of Shakespeare’s sonnets appeared in 1609. There are totally 154 sonnets and the major themes of these sonnets include the destructive power of time, the permanence of poetry (art), triangular love and the analysis of amorous emotion (love). It has to be noted that apart from these 154 sonnets Shakespeare also wrote two long poems titled ‘Venus and Adonis’ and ‘The Rape of Lucrece’.
2.Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy, (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and
poet. He was born in Higher Bockhampton, England to Thomas and Jemima.
In his novels he depicted people striving against overwhelming odds within a society that was uncaring. However, he sought to improve society. Hardy’s poetry marks a bridge between the Victorian Age and the Modernist movement of the twentieth century. Hardy’s use of ‘non-poetic’ language and odd rhymes, coupled with his fatalistic outlook, were both a source and inspiration to numerous twentieth century writers.
His works:
The Poor Man and the Lady (1867, unpublished and lost)
Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School (1872)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874)
The Return of the Native (1878)
The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character (1886)
The Woodlanders (1887)
Wessex Tales (1888, a collection of short stories)
Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented (1891)
Life’s Little Ironies (1894, a collection of short stories)
Jude the Obscure (1895)
A Pair of Blue Eyes: A Novel (1873)
The Trumpet-Major (1880)
Two on a Tower: A Romance (1882)
A Group of Noble Dames (1891, a collection of short stories)
The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament (1897)
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