Shakespeare Complete Works (5)

Author: William Shakespeare
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Publish Date: 1995-11-01
Features: William Shakespeare was a great playwright and poet during the English Renaissance. His works, except for the early poetry he wrote, mainly consist of 37 blank-verse plays. The revolutionary leaders Marx and Engels were very fond of Shakespeare's plays. They not only frequently quoted Shakespeare's dramatic works and characters in their own writings but also, when discussing the art of drama, fully recognized Shakespeare's position in the history of dramatic development, pointed out his outstanding achievements in realistic creative methods, and proposed the principle of "Shakespeareanization" in writing. This principle involves starting from real life rather than abstract concepts and shaping vivid and rich plots to create well-defined, typical characters. Shakespeare's works have echoed throughout the world of literature, thought, and even philosophy, and their influence no longer belongs to a single era. His works have been passed down as a precious cultural heritage of all humankind and have become one of the important "themes" for later literary creation. This is the fifth volume of our "Complete Works of Shakespeare."