William Shakespeare (British 1564-1616)
"Shakespeare's Sonnets" contains many true connotations of his (Shakespeare's) life. Indeed, no one could have written these poems without the temperament for a sense of beauty and a conscious mastery of the art... This Shakespeare is not like the Shakespeare we have always known, he is not like the Shakespeare revealed in the play.
——American scholar Wendell
In his 52-year career, he left 37 plays, one volume of sonnets and two narrative poems to the world . His plays are still performed around the world. On his birthday every year, many countries perform his plays to commemorate him. Marx called him "the greatest dramatic genius." He is the most outstanding art master of the British Renaissance - Shakespeare. He has integrated into the blood of British culture like nourishment, becoming the pride of the British and a symbol of British culture. Today, Shakespeare is recognized as one of the three major European poets (Shakespeare, Goethe and Dante) and a superstar in the British literary world during the Renaissance.
Since the end of the Renaissance, Shakespeare has received rave reviews from academic circles. Voltaire, the 18th century Enlightenment thinker, called him "a noble thought worthy of being the greatest genius." Hugo called Shakespeare a poet, historian and philosopher all in one, a "great current of human passion". Almost all the great poets and novelists of the 19th century, such as Shelley, Pushkin, Balzac, Dickens, and Turgenev, highly admired Shakespeare and imitated him. In 1984, the world's ten greatest writers were selected, and Shakespeare was chosen first. Shakespeare's works are a precious cultural heritage for all mankind. For hundreds of years, they have been delighting, warming, and stirring the hearts of hundreds of millions of people, giving people great artistic enjoyment. His plays and poems have been translated into many languages, second only to the Bible. At the same time, Shakespeare has also become the subject of extensive research by experts and scholars from various countries. "Shakespeare" has become a worldwide knowledge and is known as the Olympics of world academics. Shakespeare's attention in the world is universal and unique. No other writer has such a wide influence in the world's cultural life and enjoys such lofty honors. In the Western world, most people cannot live without two books, one is the Bible and the other is The Complete Works of Shakespeare.
"Shakespeare's Sonnets" pay equal attention to expressing emotions and analyzing reasoning. At the same time, the characters are vivid and rich, the language is cleverly used, and the verses have a strong sense of rhythm. They occupy an important position in Shakespeare's works. As the French literary critic Saint-Beauve said: "The greatest poet is not the poet who creates the best, but the poet who inspires the most... He leaves many things for you to pursue and explain by yourself. , to study. "Shakespeare's "Sonnets" are not just simple narratives praising beauty, friendship and love, but also touch upon the deepest parts of human nature. They are philosophical and thought-provoking and are recognized as masterpieces in the history of British literature. .