The Plays and Sonnets, Volume II

by William Shakespeare

Publisher:

Encyclopedia Britannica

, 1990

Overview

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Product Details

• Title: The Plays and Sonnets, Volume II
• Author: William Shakespeare
• Edition: Second Edition
• Series: Great Books of the Western World
• Volume: 25
• Publisher: Encyclopedia Britannica
• Print Publication Date: 1990
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: English drama; Fiction › General; Drama › Shakespeare
• ISBNs: 0852295316, 9780852295311
• Resource ID: LLS:GBWW25
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:11:20Z

About William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, 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 surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems.