ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Not a single reputable scholar I know has the least doubt that William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the plays and poems ascribed to him.” One of the chief arguments of those who doubt his authorship is that Shakespeare lacked the education and experience to have produced such a wide-ranging body of work.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare’s real name was recorded as Gulielmus Shakspere at his baptism in 1564, which is the Latin word for William. He called himself ‘Will’ in his Sonnets and most of his contemporaries referred to him as William Shakespeare, so it’s safe to say that this was his name.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare’s plays were never actually published during his lifetime. They are known today only because two of his fellow actors – John Hemminges and Henry Condell – recorded and published 36 of them posthumously under the name ‘The First Folio’, which is the source of all William Shakespeare books published.

Detailed explanation-4: -He was a hard-working man for most of his life. We may learn more about him too by thinking about how he got on with his colleagues, observing for instance that they stuck together over long periods of time and that he both received and made bequests to some of them.