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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE : His life and works

SOURCE: Published on YouTube Dec 12, 2012 [Duration 4:43 mins]

SOURCE: Clickview, The Life and Times of Shakespeare (2017) "Shakespeare's World", Duration: 12:42, URL:https://clickv.ie/w/yOio

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Positioning Shakespeare historically and geographically is a must if we are to appreciate his works. This study opens in the wider context of Elizabethan and Jacobean England and narrows to Shakespeare’s familial, personal and creative profile. We also nail down the main forms and genres in which he wrote, along with key techniques such as iambic pentameter.