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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: Shakespeare's Life and Career

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Grace, William J.
Affiliation: Professor Of English, Fordham University

Shakespeare's Life and Career

Few documents concerning Shakespeare's early life survive; in fact, very
little is known about the author personally. But with the few extant records
and the aid of contemporary allusions, we are able to piece together a fairly
adequate sketch of the Bard of Avon's life and career. Shakespeare was born in
the bustling Warwickshire market town called Stratford-on-Avon just four
hundred years ago, in 1564. His baptism was recorded on ...

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