Unit2KingLear教材背景链接WilliamShakespeare(1564~1616)isoneofthemostremarkableplaywrightsandpoetstheworldhaseverknown
Withhis38plays,154sonnetsand2longpoems,hehasestablishedhisgiantpositioninworldliterature
Hehasalsobeengiventhehighestpraisesbyvariousscholarsandcriticstheworldover
Inthepast400yearsorso,booksandessaysonShakespeareandhisworkshavekeptcomingoutinlargequantities
ShakespearewenttoaLondonwhichaffordedawonderfulenvironmentforthedevelopmentofdrama
Fromabout1591toabout1611,Shakespearewasintheprimeofhisdramaticcareerandhisplayscameoutoneafteranother
Shakespearedidnotconfinehisgeniusmerelytothetheater
In1593and1594,hepublishedtwonarrativepoems(叙事诗).Healsowrotesonnets,whichwerepublishedin1609
By1597,ShakespearewassoprosperousthatheboughtthelargesthouseinStratford,knownasNewPlace
About1610Sha