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  1. Vor 2 Tagen · His characters have an emotional reality that transcends time, and his plays depict familiar experiences, ranging from family squabbles to falling in love to war. The fact that his plays are performed and adapted around the world underscores the universal appeal of his storytelling.

  2. Vor einem Tag · His work has inspired several operas, among them Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth, Otello and Falstaff, whose critical standing compares with that of the source plays. Shakespeare has also inspired many painters, including the Romantics and the Pre-Raphaelites , while William Hogarth 's 1745 painting of actor David Garrick playing Richard III was decisive in establishing the genre of theatrical ...

  3. Vor 4 Tagen · The appeal of the young hero and heroine—whose families, the Montagues and the Capulets, respectively, are implacable enemies—is such that they have become, in the popular imagination, the representative type of star-crossed lovers.

    • David Bevington
  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lord_ByronLord Byron - Wikipedia

    Vor einem Tag · George Gordon Byron was born on 22 January 1788, on Holles Street in London, England [1] – his birthplace is now supposedly occupied by a branch of the department store John Lewis . Byron was the only child of Captain John Byron (known as 'Jack') and his second wife, Catherine Gordon, heiress of the Gight estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

  5. Vor 2 Tagen · Romanticism, attitude or intellectual orientation that characterized many works of literature, painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in Western civilization over a period from the late 18th to the mid-19th century.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  6. Vor 2 Tagen · Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( / ˈkoʊlərɪdʒ / KOH-lə-rij; [1] 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. He also shared volumes and ...

  7. Vor 3 Stunden · In “The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt,” Edward F. O’Keefe explores the informal kitchen cabinet that helped Roosevelt, the 26th president, speak softly and carry a big stick. The women in T.R ...