ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Scholars refer to the years between 1585 and 1592 as Shakespeare’s “lost years".

Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare is known to have been in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1587, when he was mentioned in connection with a lawsuit. Between 1587 and 1592 Shakespeare disappears from all the known surviving records. This period is often referred to as the ‘lost years’, and has been the subject of much speculation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nobody knows what Shakespeare did between 1585 and 1592. According to one 17th-century account, he fled his hometown after poaching deer from a local politician’s estate.

Detailed explanation-4: -Since William Shakespeare lived more than 400 years ago, and many records from that time are lost or never existed in the first place, we don’t know everything about Shakespeare’s life. For example, we know that he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, 100 miles northwest of London, on April 26, 1564.